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| Monday, 19 November 2007 | |
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BUILDING BRIDGES:
With Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
ABRAHAMIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE WORLD TODAY
Season I
Each of our traditions teaches the ideal of forgiveness and challenges the faithful to repent when they have transgressed. But are there any acts that are truly unforgivable? Are there sins so great for which repentance is not possible? What do we mean when we use terms like “justice,” “punishment,” and “retribution”? Where is the line between keeping ourselves on the right track and satisfying the very dangerous and all too human yearnings for revenge? Terri Schiavo was just the beginning. With each great advance in our ability to prolong life comes a great responsibility for us to better understand when it is really over. That is what the marriage of blessing and obligation, which lies at the heart of each of our faiths, is all about. When, according to each of the Abrahamic traditions, does life end? What do those definitions teach us about the value of life, and maintaining the complex balance between its quality and its quantity? Abortion and the Sacredness of Life Religion fans the flames of this hotly debated topic. Could it do more? The usual framing of pro-life vs. pro-choice simply does not work for most Americans, who routinely show themselves to be both uncomfortable with abortion, and with undermining a woman’s right to make choices for herself. What do our three faiths teach us about the beginning of life and when, if ever, we can choose to end it? How might these teachings contribute to a healthier conversation about this terribly divisive issue?
Whether called crusades, commanded wars, or jihad, all
three of our religions have invoked the name and will of
God in the pursuit of violence. It is too simplistic to
claim that such moves are only made by those who have
"hijacked" their respective faiths. How do we understand
the place of violence and war in each of our traditions?
Is anything worth fighting for? If so, what? Under what
circumstances? How do we understand each of our
tradition's mandates to pursue peace? How do we know
when to follow one path, and when to follow the other?
Are science and religion antagonists or allies? Eighty years after the Scopes “Monkey” trial, America is still struggling with the proper understanding of creation/evolution and what should be taught, especially in public schools. Together we will explore what our faiths teach us about creation and evolution. How do we understand the competing claims made by science and religion? What are the implications, given that each actually asks us to confront the fundamental questions of how we got here, and where we are going? God in the American Public Square What are the implications of today’s ongoing debates about prayer in public schools, the Ten Commandments displayed in courthouses? What is the appropriate place for religion in our nation’s public institutions? How much influence should our respective religious communities wield? Together we explore how to honor both the freedom of religion that is a hallmark of American culture, and the place of our particular religion in creating a better world.
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| Feb 2010 - Present |
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Fox Forum, FoxNews.com, “Why god is Dead at the Supreme Court” , 5/13/10
Lars Larson Show (Compass Media), Elena Kagan and a Protestant-Free Court, 5/11/10
WFTL Morning News with Russ Morley (Southern Florida), National Day of Prayer 5/6/10 Lars Larson Show, Former President Bill Clinton, the Tea Party, and freedom and responsible discourse, 4/19/10
The Morning News, WFTL (South Florida), Christians Making Seders (scroll down to no. 24), 3/30/10
Beliefnet.com, How to Be Free: Passover Lessons (10 Tips from Brad Hirschfield), 3/25/10 The Busted Halo, Sirius XM Radio, Passover/Easter, 3/24/10 The Al Gainey Show, WDUN (Northern Georgia), "Under God", 3/22/10 Politics Daily, "Under God", 3/20/10
Aaron in the Afternoons, KLFD (St. Cloud, MN), Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, 3/16/10
Blog News Web, God, History And The Texas Public Schools: A Debate That Impacts All Of Us, 3/12/10
The Morning Show with Russ Morley, (WFTL, Miami), The Academy Awards and our National Obsession with Celebrities (Click on no. 16), 3/8/10
The Huffington Post, Purim, 2/27/10
The Al Gainey Show, WDUN (Northern GA), CPAC Conference - Young people who are conservative seem less attached to some social issues than their older religious counterparts, 2/26/10 Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish, 2/25/10
The God Show, KTAR (Phoenix), Sacred Super Bowl Sunday, 2/7/10
The Lars Larson Show, Compass Media Networks, Sacred Super Bowl Sunday, 2/5/10
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| Feb 2010 - Present |
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The Mike Newcomb Show, KPHX (Phoenix), Technology’s Impact on Religion, 5/6/10
At Issue With Ben Merens, WPR, Holocaust memory: How do we remember when the survivors are gone?, 4/20/10
The Mike Newcomb Show, KPHX (Phoenix), Tax Day and people’s distrust of the government, (interview begins half way in), 4/15/10
The Lars Larson Show, Compass Media Networks, Paying Taxes: Toxic or Transformative?, 4/15/10 The Mike Newcomb Show, KPHX (Phoenix), Paying Taxes: Toxic or Transformative?, 4/15/10 Aaron in the Afternoon, KLFD, St. Cloud, MN, Paying Taxes: Toxic or Transformative?, 4/14/10 What’s Cookin’ Today with Erik and Jack, Cable Radio Network, Paying Taxes: Toxic or Transformative?, 4/14/10
State of Belief, Air America, Paying Taxes: Toxic or Transformative?, (From 10:12-17:14), 4/10-11/10
Huffington Post, Religion: Nothing More than Politics in Drag, 4/7/10 Religious Themes in Film at the Hudson Union Society, "Harold Ramis talks about the hunger for wisdom in film, and refers to his ‘favorite Rabbi’, Rabbi Irwin Kula..." 4/7/10
“God Talk,” A Segment on the Fox News web show, “The Strategy Room,” 2/26/10
The Forward, Being Jewish in NY, 2/17/10
Politics Daily, Is Obama Appointee Harry Knox an 'Anti-Catholic Bigot'? , 2/12/10
Erik and Jack Attack, Cable Radio Network, Valentine’s Day - (Tuesday, Time code: 19:47-23:34), 2/9/10
Aaron in the Afternoon, KLFD, (ST. Cloud, MN), Valentine’s Day, 2/9/10
NY Jewish Week, Voodoo Dialogue, 2/3/10
FoxNews.com “Strategy Room”, Relationships and Valentine’s Day, 2/1/10
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