God's Politics Blog » Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://blog.sojo.net A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Fort Hood Shootings and the Prophetic ‘IF’ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/06/fort-hood-shootings-and-the-prophetic-if/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/06/fort-hood-shootings-and-the-prophetic-if/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:30 +0000 Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13154 One reader wrote me to ask: ” “What effect will the Fort Hood shootings have on the American public’s perception of Islam?” That question asks us to be foretellers, fortune tellers, to predict. But The Shalom Center has had the holy…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/06/fort-hood-shootings-and-the-prophetic-if/feed/ 34 We Need an Abrahamic Alliance of the ‘Passionate Best’ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/26/we-need-an-abrahamic-alliance-of-the-passionate-best/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/26/we-need-an-abrahamic-alliance-of-the-passionate-best/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:30:23 +0000 Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://blog.sojo.net/?p=12806 091026-jerusalem-fence-wallFor the next few days in Washington, D.C., 1,200 people are gathering in the name of a “pro-Israel, pro-peace” U.S. policy. Because of my broken leg, I can’t be physically there. But my mind and spirit and 40 years of…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/26/we-need-an-abrahamic-alliance-of-the-passionate-best/feed/ 4 Israel, Gaza, and the Goldstone Report: A Call for Self-Examination During the High Holy Days http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/23/israel-gaza-and-the-goldstone-report-a-call-for-self-examination-during-the-high-holy-days/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/23/israel-gaza-and-the-goldstone-report-a-call-for-self-examination-during-the-high-holy-days/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:56:13 +0000 Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://blog.sojo.net/?p=11857 090923-israel-palestineDuring these days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Jews are called on to reexamine our own actions — our “missings of the mark.”  The emphasis is on OUR sins — not those of individuals alone, but of the community…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/23/israel-gaza-and-the-goldstone-report-a-call-for-self-examination-during-the-high-holy-days/feed/ 5 I’m Awake at 3 a.m. because My Ribs are Hurting http://blog.sojo.net/2009/08/28/im-awake-at-3-am-because-my-ribs-are-hurting/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/08/28/im-awake-at-3-am-because-my-ribs-are-hurting/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:31:38 +0000 Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://blog.sojo.net/?p=11207 For 25 years  I have been a member of a private health insurance plan that seemed to be meeting my needs. My problems were routine, and so were their responses.

No longer.

Last Friday, I was involved in a moderate auto accident,…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/06/26/from-frozen-rebellion-to-flowering-seed/feed/ 3 What if the Bible’s Ruth Came to America Today? http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/27/what-if-the-bibles-ruth-came-to-america-today/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/27/what-if-the-bibles-ruth-came-to-america-today/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 15:15:46 +0000 Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://blog.sojo.net/?p=8899 Learning from Shavuot and Pentecost: Can we share our harvest? Can we share our talk and tongues? Can we relearn how to share our work and rest?

This Thursday evening, May 28, there begins the festival of Shavuot. In biblical times,…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/27/what-if-the-bibles-ruth-came-to-america-today/feed/ 5 God’s Image and Caesar’s Image: Torture and the Currency of Empire http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/04/the-image-of-god-and-the-image-of-caesar-torture-and-the-currency-of-empire/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/04/the-image-of-god-and-the-image-of-caesar-torture-and-the-currency-of-empire/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 17:30:34 +0000 Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://blog.sojo.net/?p=8334 090504-caesar-coinOne of the central teachings of Torah is that all human beings are made in the Image of God. That teaching and what flows from it are at the heart of Jewish prohibitions on the use of torture — and…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/04/the-image-of-god-and-the-image-of-caesar-torture-and-the-currency-of-empire/feed/ 21 Swine Flu, Hog Farms, and Piggish Politics http://blog.sojo.net/2009/04/30/swine-flu-hog-farms-and-piggish-politics/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/04/30/swine-flu-hog-farms-and-piggish-politics/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:30:54 +0000 Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://blog.sojo.net/?p=8272 There is a lot  more to the swine flu outbreak than a virus and a vaccine: There is, surprise surprise, a political-economic context.

First of all, the press in Mexico has been reporting that swine flu may have originated in the…

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God’s  official spokespersons did better than I had expected.  Rev. Rick Warren — whose choice I…

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