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Working towards Compassionate Leadership: The Sakyong, Queen Noor and Rabbi Irwin Kula September 25, 2008 "...In a groundbreaking dialogue, three influential leaders, Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan; Rabbi Irwin Kula ... and the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist lama, address the challenge [of the escalating crises in the world today] in a public talk on the power and practice of compassionate leadership at New York University on Sept. 24, and Tufts University on Sept. 25...." Read more... By Judy Epstein from CLAL Read more... "Jordanian queen, religious leaders tout importance of local leadership" By Leslie Ogden from The Tufts Daily View Video... Compassionate Leadership Dialogue at NYU, Sep. 24th View Response Video... By audience member Jeff Grow, Compassionate Leadership Dialogue at NYU, Sep. 24th View Photos... Compassionate Leadership Dialogue, Sep. 24th Hear an Interview... KPHX Nova M Radio, "The Jeff Farias Show", Irwin Kula is interviewed about the Compassionate Leadership Dialogue, Sep. 18th Hear an Interview... Wisconsin Public Radio, "At Issue with Ben Merens": Irwin Kula speaks with Merens and listeners about how world leaders and we can work together, and with compassion, aired Sep. 26th |  |
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Windows & Doors daily blog on Beliefnet.com "Forgiveness: 10 Steps To Giving It and Getting It" September 24, 2008 "Forgiving someone means that we find the strength to go beyond ourselves to a place that helps us see those who have hurt us in a new way. That's never easy. Seeking forgiveness requires us to confront the past, see what we have done wrong, and commit to changing our behavior. That's huge. But like the ability to forgive others, it is within our grasp…." Read more... By Brad Hirschfield from Beliefnet.com's Windows & Doors Daily Blog |
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Hirschfield and Kula: Intelligent Talk Radio.com "The Politics of Race & the Monogamy Gene" September 20, 2008 The Politics of Pastors: Where free speech, web technology and the U.S. Reviews of Tax Exemptions collide. Also, can the presence of a monogamy gene predict the likelihood of how loyal one can be?... Listen .... From Hirschfieldandkula.com, broadcast on KXL, Portland, OR |
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Newsweek/Washington Post's "On Faith" blog "It's My Body And I'll Cut If I Want To" September 24, 2008 "If John McCain and Sarah Palin believe that human life begins at conception, then they should not only support overturning Roe [ v.Wade], but contrary to their stated position, should oppose individual states having the right to permit abortion as well ... Consistency demands that McCain and Palin admit that as soon as Roe is overturned, they will look for legal means to assure that no abortion is ever permitted in this country for any reason. That's pretty scary to me. But having said that, I loathe the legal logic behind Roe and think it has done a great deal of harm…." Read more... By Brad Hirschfield from Newsweek.washingtonpost.com's "On Faith" Blog |
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Newsweek/Washington Post's "On Faith" blog "Economic Crisis:
Some Are Guilty All Are Responsible" September 22, 2008 "Our economy's recent and yet to be financial failures, the likes of which we have not seen since the Depression, are profound moral failures. Anytime a society has millions of people lose their homes and jobs, major institutions disappear over night, and its citizens experience unprecedented levels of insecurity, uncertainty, and anxiety about the future there is a moral issue with moral implications… no great moral or spiritual insight is required to know that the moral failure that has led to our present crisis is as old as human beings - in a word GREED - and it would be far too easy for any "us" to simply blame some other "them" and thereby deflect and project our responsibility on someone else...." Read more... By Irwin Kula from Newsweek.washingtonpost.com's "On Faith" Blog |
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"Sorting Sins: When the Law Stays the Same and Everything Else Changes" September 22, 2008 "It has long been the claim of the Orthodox community that Jewish law does not or should not change to accord itself with the times. Among certain Jews, since the early 19th century, all new things are considered a priori forbidden. Despite this oft-repeated and historically questionable insistence on formal continuity, there are ways that prohibitions of sinful behavior can remain on the books unchanged in their form, and still be wholly transformed in their social effect…." Read more... By Steve Greenberg from Sh'ma |
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"Some in New York see silver lining in Wall Street fiasco" September 16, 2008 "… ‘They're going to be shell-shocked, but the same way these things purge the market, they can cleanse the spirit as well,’ [Irwin] Kula said…” referring to the repercussions of the Lehman Brothers investment bank bankruptcy filing in New York yesterday. Read more... By Allison Hoffman from The Jerusalem Post |
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"Rabbis use high holidays to make ethics a part of kosher" September 23, 2008 "...Rabbi Brad Hirschfield … said religious leaders should encourage adherents to learn from each other, rather than view this debate [over ethical kosher certification] as one group forcing its values onto the entire community. ‘Agriprocessors is the stage on which different religious and political factions have been playing out their issues,’ he said. ‘The real issue as we come to Yom Kippur, which is about forgiveness and repentance, is are we going to regard each other's understandings about what it means to keep kosher in a forgiving and understanding way?’… Read more... By Nicole Neroulias from Religion News Service |
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CLAL Poetry appears in First Annual Festival of Women’s Poetry September 22, 2008 The online festival, scheduled for November 2008, features a variety of poetry written by women. Janet R. Kirchheimer’s book How to Spot One of us, which appears on the site, will be awarded as a prize at the festival. Read more... From wompherence.proboards82.com |
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"Sin Boldly: A Conversation about Religion, Grace, and Yearnings” October 25, 2008 A conversation with Irwin Kula and Cathleen Falsani, author and religion columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. 7-9 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 25th at the Manhattan Jewish Community Center , 76th and Amsterdam, New York City. Read more... From CLAL |
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Brad Hirschfield's book
You Don't Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right
Remember for Life: Holocaust Survivors’ Stories of Faith and Hope
Edited by
Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
How to Spot One of Us
A Collection of Poetry
by Janet R. Kirchheimer
Brad Hirschfield's
Windows & Doors
Daily Blog
on Beliefnet.com
Hirschfield & Kula: Intelligent Talk Radio
Bringing the best of KXL's popular show to the web
on hirschfieldandkula.com
American Pilgrimage-American Muslim
TV Network
Airs Mon. 8PM, Sun. 8:30PM EST
View at airtime-free link
Building Bridges: Abrahamic Perspectives on the World Today
with Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
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Irwin Kula's Award Winning Book
Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life