Pinehas: Human Rights and the rejoining the human family
I am moved by zeal for the Lord, the God of Hosts, for the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and put your prophets to the sword. I alone am left, and they are out to take my life.
‘Come out’, He called, ‘and stand on the mountain before the Lord.’
And lo, the [...]
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- Naso: Jewish spirituality and social context
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- Pinehas: Fanaticism and peace between man and his neighbor and between the nation and God.
- Balaq: Deluding ourselves into thinking that all is well in our society
- Huqqat: Act according to the Golden Mean
- Qorah: Clarity in arguments in defense of Human Rights
- Bemidbar: Reaching out to the ones we would normally turn away
- Mas’e: Expulsion, Democracy and Civil Disobedience
- Mattot: Find the formulas allowing all of us to have our basic Human Rights and needs met.
- Pinehas: Conflict of Human Rights values that are sometimes mutually exclusive
- Balaq: We cannot negotiate for peace on the one hand and violate Human Rights on the other
- Huqqat: Thinking Before Speaking
- Shelah: Eyes and Vision
- Beha’alotekha: Critical mass and individual responsibility
- BeMidbar: Be counted as a valued individual
