God Does Not Exist, God is Existence Itself | St. Louis

By Zeek

Central Reform Congregation: Sanctuary
February 22, 2012, 7:30 pm
5020 Waterman Boulevard

News and Politics

What is the Jewish Social Justice Agenda?

By Erica Brody

We must expand what is meant by “Jewish issues” beyond Israel and antisemitism. At a recent White House event in Washington DC, dozens of Jewish leaders talked about what that broader agenda should be. Here are some of them.

Faith and Practice

A Rationalist Approach to Suffering

By Jon Sommer

Medieval writings offer important lessons about the nature of loss and its counterpart, healing. Suffering and healing, for the medieval Jewish philosopher, take place in the context of a close interrelationship between the physical and the spiritual, the material and eternal.

God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality | Chicago

By Zeek

Center on Halsted
Thursday, February 16, 7 pm
3656 North Halsted Street, Chicago, IL

God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality | Los Angeles

By Zeek

Beth Chayim Chadashim Thursday, February 9, 7:30 pm 6090 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles

News and Politics

Toward a Jewish Housing Initiative

By David Gottlieb

In the wake of the housing crisis, the Jewish community, while expressing a new commitment to social justice, needs to commit itself to more than advocacy.

News and Politics

Why Climate Change is Bad for the Jews

By Jay Michaelson

Climate change will be a disaster for Israel: a 4-8% drop in precipitation and increased extreme climate events. But conservatives in the U.S. continue to obstruct any progress on this issue. In this way, Israel’s purported friends in America are damaging its long-term economic and political future

Arts and Culture

Quince

By Avshalom Kaveh

The quince was a cure-all to the ancients, but in Avshalom Kaveh’s twisted world, the fruit takes sides against our natural capacity to forgive and forget. This tragicomic story of angels and human devilry is Kaveh’s first publication in English. (Translated by Stephen Katz.)

God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality | Beacon

By Zeek

Beacon Hebrew Alliance
February 2, 2012, 7 pm
331 Verplanck Avenue, Beacon, NY