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On Sunday, the RAC made its first ever march in the DC Capital Pride Parade! We carried posters with messages of support, handed out RAC stickers, and did an excellent job representing the Reform Movement's outspoken stance in favor of LGBT rights.

Earlier today the Senate passed with very broad-based support a bill allowing the FDA to regulate tobacco products.

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It seems we haven't heard from Rev. Jeremiah Wright, President Obama's former pastor, for quite some time.

Rabbi Saperstein has invited rabbis across North America to join him in a water-only fast for Darfur next week, from dusk June 17th to dusk on June 18th. These rabbis will be joining a long line of politicians, celebrities and activists in carrying on a fast

The passage and signing of marriage equality in New Hampshire was yet another exciting victory for the LGBT community and advocates across the country.

by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)

Who is the mightiest of the mighty? ... Some say: he who is able to turn his enemy into a friend.

-Avot d'Rabbi Nathan version A chapter 23

One of the obstacles to the creation of

While the world's (and my own) attention have turned today to President Obama's speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, there's a development back here in Washington that shouldn't pass unnoticed.

As I suggested in my last entry, in thinking about what it will take for Jews and Arabs to live together in peace in Israel, there are (at least) four different dimensions to consider: the political, the historical, the cultural, and the personal.