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Politics/LawJune 10, 2009

Dispatches from the Workplace: Rabbis for Worker Justice

By Kim Bobo

A controversial new ruling from an up and coming rabbi in Conservative Judaism charts a course for a greater focus on worker justice. Several of its recommendations coincide with crucial legislation favored by the American labor movement…

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- 5 hours ago

"The fusion of religion and nation has created a fertile breeding ground for a culture of violence to take root," writes Nilay Saiya. "Of course, Christian nationalist violence in the United States is nothing new." https://t.co/XY207uwd5k

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- 1 day ago

The struggle to reconcile our past human experiences with the promise of the new tools we create is as old as the history of human invention," writes @RabbanitSara. "The Talmud includes a powerful story about the potential and pitfalls of new media." https://t.co/tNmjVRSUQV

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- 3 days ago

"The repetition of the terms 'mainstream,' and 'normative,' in the article are simply euphemisms for Jewish Whiteness," writes @AKeyPhD. "But what exactly signifies Conservative Judaism as 'mainstream' or 'normative'?" https://t.co/GCMUHSKM3u

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