The Meaning Of The Universe Lies Outside

Isis Is A Terrorist Entity Whose Barbarities Have Been Condemned By All Those Who Value Our Common Humanity. In The Current Political Climate, When Hate Crimes Are Rising And Political Rhetoric Is Increasingly Divisive, This Is All The More Shocking.

Religious Law Is Like The Grammar Of Language. Any Language Isgoverned By Such Rules; Otherwise It Ceases To Be A Language. But Within Them, You Can Say Many Different Sentences And Write Many Different Books.

Yom Hashoah Is A Vital Day In The Jewish Calendar, Providing Us With A Focal Point For Our Remembrance. We Cannot Bring The Dead Back To Life, But We Can Bring Their Memory Back To Life And Ensure They Are Not Forgotten. We Can Undertake In Our Lives To Do What They Were So Cruelly Prevented From Doing In Theirs.

There Are Hard Texts In Each Tradition Which We Must Confront And Ask Ourselves, 'can We Reinterpret Those Texts To Allow Us To Live Peaceably, And Respectfully, With People Of Other Faiths?' That Is A Job Only Jews Can Do For Judaism, Only Christians Can Do For Christianity, And Only Muslims Can Do For Islam. But Sometimes The Sight Of Someone In One Faith Wrestling With That Faith Can Empower You To Wrestle With Another Faith.

Religiosity Turns Out To Be The Best Indicator Of Civic Involvement: It's More Accurate Than Education, Age, Income, Gender Or Race.