CLAL - The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
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How can we raise our kids to have gratitude? November 25 2008 See Irwin Kula on The Today Show along with psychologist Dale Atkins as they discuss ways to raise kids to have gratitude. View... From NBC TV's The Today Show |
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A global online push for compassion November 25 2008 "The appeal to compassion is ‘too amorphous’ and won't do the job, writes Rabbi Brad Hirschfield... ‘When people experience that posture as rooted in the depths of the tradition they love,... fewer people around the world will die in the names of those traditions.’..." Read more... By Jane Lampman from the Christian Science Monitor |
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Dieting for God November 24, 2008 "...Does God care what size we are?...The God in whom I believe does not love us any less or see us as any less beautiful because we may not be as healthy as we can be...." More... |  |
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Rabbi Steve Greenberg visits Brown/RISD Hillel to discuss his journey of discovery November 14 2008 Greenberg [related that he] believes that we can’t be "home" unless we’re at home with our whole selves; to do that, we must be able to be vulnerable and tell our stories. ... Read more... By Nancy Kirsch from the The Jewish Voice and Herald |
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A Charter for Compassion? November 15 2008 Brad Hirschfield responds to Karen Armstrong's call for a Charter for Compassion, saying "the stakes are simply too high to allow ourselves a Kumbayah moment when what we need is something far more sophisticated and powerful." Read more... By Brad Hirschfield from the The Washington Post |
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2Gs Meet on Facing the Future November 21, 2008 CLAL's Janet R. Kirchheimer led a "lively and fascinating debate" in a workshop on "Faith after the Holocaust" at a multi-generational meeting for Holocaust survivors and their families. Her poetry from How to Spot One of Us, which closed the conference, resonated with those who heard her. In Prof. Paula David’s words, "She nails it." Read more... By Jeanette Friedman from the The New Jersey Jewish Standard |
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Breaking the Glass on the Past: The 70th anniversary of the ‘Holocaust's beginning’ remembered November 16, 2008 "...How can the breaking of glass in one case symbolize that which is irreparably damaged, while in the other acknowledge that things do break, but in their shattering a world of new possibilities can emerge? ..." Read interview... Op Ed by Brad Hirschfield from the The Washington Times |
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Brad Hirschfield's You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me To Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism Book Tour -- November 20, 2008 We bring you media coverage of Rabbi Hirschfield‘s appearances around the country... · KTAR Radio, "The God Show," 12/7/08 · Worldview, WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio, 11/17/08, more... · Cleveland Jewish News, 11/14/08, more... · "In Session," Tru-TV, 11/14/08 · The Texas Jewish Post, 11/13/08, more... · Tampa Tribune, 11/13/08, more... · KPHX, "The Jeff Farias Show," (Nova M Radio), 11/13/08 · "The Busted Halo," Sirius Radio, 11/12/08 · St. Petersburg Times, 11/9/08, more... · KMOX, "The Carney Show," (CBS affiliate), 11/6/08 · St. Louis Beacon, 11/2/08 |
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Join Rabbi Sigal Brier to explore the customs and traditions of the "light holidays" and to ignite your inner fire at Kripalu November 14 2008 Participate in one of three programs: Light A Candle: An Interfaith Holiday Experience--December 19-21, 2008 With Rev. Marie Roberts; Kabbalah of Fire and Light--December 21-26, 2008; Lighting the Inner Menorah: An evening of chanting and reflection on December 25, 2008 at 7:30pm Learn more and register... From Kripalu |
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Hirschfield and Kula: Intelligent Talk Radio Obama Wins the Presidency November 24, 2008 What do women want? Understanding gender differences...And is everything for sale? Sex with a virgin for over $250,000... Be sure to check the website next week for more riffing with the rabbis on topics of the day. Listen .... From Hirschfieldandkula.com, broadcast on KXL, Portland, OR |
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Torah Portion of the Week Commentary from Remember for Life: Holocaust Survivors' Stories of Faith and Hope Edited by Brad Hirschfield Featuring Parashat Toldot & Parashat Va-yetse’ November 25, 2008 "...that’s the last time I saw Mom...I hear her saying--be proud of your heritage, and the last words-be proud of your name...." Read more... From Remember for Life |
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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
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