mushafta.wordpress.com

theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com

NDP: Stop obeying the Israel lobby | Theology in the Vineyard

https://theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/ndp-stop-obeying-the-israel-lobby

Theology in the Vineyard. Where theology meets politics, culture, economics and history. NDP: Stop obeying the Israel lobby. You gotta love gutsy Judy Haiven an Associate Professor in the Management Department at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, NS. She is also a vocal member of Independent Jewish Voices,. She asks in wonderment:. What has happened to us? What happened to our generation of Jewish-Canadian boomers, aged 50 and up? Now she’s mad, justifiably so with the NDP. But as a Nova Scotian, it sh...

theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com

Meet Mr.Gopstein | Theology in the Vineyard

https://theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/meet-mr-gopstein

Theology in the Vineyard. Where theology meets politics, culture, economics and history. Meet Mr Benzi Gopstein, age 46,the leader of Lehava – a group infamous for its virulent campaigns against relationships between Arab men and Jewish women now y urges the same government to expel Christian places of worship from the Holy Land. I mean, why not. They need to take them out. We don’t have a place for churches here…. It’s Jewish law. This is what God told us.”. Oh really, Benzi where was that? Mr Gopstein ...

theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com

Netanyahu and Peter Beinart pt 1 | Theology in the Vineyard

https://theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/netanyahu-and-peter-beinart-pt-1

Theology in the Vineyard. Where theology meets politics, culture, economics and history. Netanyahu and Peter Beinart pt 1. His column was called. The Moral Responsibility That Rivlin Accepts and Netanyahu Denies. Yesterday I praised Rivlin’s perceptive remarks on his countrty’s racism. Today it is Beinart’s turn. After a Palestinian baby is burned, Netanyahu lies about Israeli incitement – including his own. See yesterday’s post. He asks: Will the Israeli right finally come to its senses? Netanyahu is a ...

theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com

Settlers burn Palestinian child and firebomb the Torah | Theology in the Vineyard

https://theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/settlers-burn-palestinian-child-and-firebomb-the-torah

Theology in the Vineyard. Where theology meets politics, culture, economics and history. Settlers burn Palestinian child and firebomb the Torah. Jews of Conscience in the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem commented. Earlier in July two Israelis burned a Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem. Their punishment, a slap on the wrist. They said it was worth it. You can’t have Palestinians and Israelis studying together. 8220;We are lost, our life has turned upside down, the father, son and daughter are each in di...

theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com

US funds Palestinian Slaughter | Theology in the Vineyard

https://theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com/us-funds-palestinian-slaughter

Theology in the Vineyard. Where theology meets politics, culture, economics and history. US funds Palestinian Slaughter. As this infographic shows, there is no room for a discussion on the equal sides of the. And where does this military might come from? Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:00 pm. Great graphic–where can it be found? I don’t know about the veracity of 49francesco’s comment, but having read about the origins of this blog, I would suspect that Obama has been criticized. As he sho...What’s ...

theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com

NDP turtles in Nova Scotia | Theology in the Vineyard

https://theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/ndp-turtles-in-nova-scotia

Theology in the Vineyard. Where theology meets politics, culture, economics and history. NDP turtles in Nova Scotia. The simple truth indeed is what all Canadian political parties do when it comes to Israel. They run for cover. You simply cannot say anything critical about Israel. Brad Lavigne, senior campaign adviser for the New Democrats, confirmed by email that Wheeldon had resigned as the party’s candidate. Nor is Paul Manly in Nanaimo, BC who was hooked for similar reasons and will cost the NDP seat...

theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com

August 6, 1945 a day of Infamy | Theology in the Vineyard

https://theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com/2015/08/06/august-6-1945-a-day-of-infamy

Theology in the Vineyard. Where theology meets politics, culture, economics and history. August 6, 1945 a day of Infamy. A day of infamy FDR said of Pearl Harbour. But neither he nor Truman would ever have said it about August 6, Hiroshima Day. A day of mass murder, a needless exercise in butchery given that Japan had already made overtures to surrender. A decision that sickened Admiral Leahy, the head of the Pacific fleet. The empire of course never apologizes for opening the nuclear age and being the f...

theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com

Israel’s Keystone Kops | Theology in the Vineyard

https://theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/israels-keystone-kops

Theology in the Vineyard. Where theology meets politics, culture, economics and history. Israel’s Keystone Kops. A report published in May by Yesh Din, an Israeli group that provides legal assistance to Palestinians, looked at the fate of some 1,000 complaints filed with Israeli police over alleged violence by settlers between 2005 and 2014. If you ask the soldiers they will tell you they are there to protect the settlers, Gilad Grossman of Yesh Din, an Israeli group that provides legal assistance to Pal...

theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com

Tone deaf climate change Canadian bishops | Theology in the Vineyard

https://theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com/2015/07/29/tone-deaf-climate-change-canadian-bishops

Theology in the Vineyard. Where theology meets politics, culture, economics and history. Tone deaf climate change Canadian bishops. An article in the BC Tyee once again points out the ‘do nothing on social justice bishops named by John Paul ll. Writer Ian Gill, presumably a Catholic looked for signs in Vancouver of any Catholic insitutional action on history’s major moral issue, climate change. Up at the devoutly LEED Gold certified offices of the Archdiocese of Vancouver at West 33rd and Willow, the B&#...

theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com

The reluctant prophet Fr. George Zabelka | Theology in the Vineyard

https://theologyinthevineyard.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/the-reluctant-prophet-fr-george-zabelka

Theology in the Vineyard. Where theology meets politics, culture, economics and history. The reluctant prophet Fr. George Zabelka. I remember when the reluctant prophet George Zabelka came through Toronto years ago.He died in 1992 but his memory and witness stays with me. A very humble guy who became converted to the nonviolent gospel. A guy who said nothing when one of the greatest crimes in history took place: the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Catholic Worker true to its mandate is pr...