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The Israeli Ultra-Orthodox response to a recent Supreme Court decision requiring them to take part in mandatory military service has been to call for a bill that would not just subvert the decision, but not allow the Supreme Court to rule against it. This is a terrifying attack on the Israeli government's checks and balances, and one that we must speak up about.
But there is also much more to this, and lessons that we can gain not just about Israeli politics, but about our own lives. -
Have you heard of the latest hot trend in schools, and even among adults? They're called fidget toys, and they are marketed as a solution to an inability to focus. Brad examines whether there is any validity to this claim, as well as the deeper truths this exploration can reveal about our own lives.
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On the National Day of Prayer, Brad meditates on how the day and the act have both been so overly-politicized that we've started to use them for our own ends, and to get others to act as we wish. He urges us to repair them by looking inward, and using prayer as a vehicle for growth and understanding of others.
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Pope Francis recently compared refugee camps to concentration camps, and almost immediately received a huge backlash for what many considered to be truly insensitive comments. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield shares his uncomfortability with the comments, but what he also realized may be his own failing (as well as, perhaps, our own).
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