---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tikkun Staff <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 7:06 PM Subject: Tikkun Daily: What's Really Going On in Ukraine, Venezuela's Current Crisis, BDS and the American Jewish Community, and more! To: [email protected] *Click on the links below to join the lively discussions taking place this week on the Tikkun Daily blog! Unlike the carefully edited print magazine <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3VYmTjQNvWDxIMcIGx%2FqfG9tV73REzq%2B> and web magazine <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=y3PKy53rvUmRLK75HIBMbW9tV73REzq%2B> site, Tikkun Daily <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KGsFpNzBiUuR19Sxr6QjVW9tV73REzq%2B> is a spontaneous, open forum to which volunteer bloggers directly post their ideas and readers post their comments. You'll find a provocative variety of views here, including some with which Tikkun editors heartily disagree, so please remember that any given post is presented solely by its author and does not represent Tikkun's editorial stance. To sign up for a daily email digest with links to the day's posts, click here <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Odnf2I98EMaEnWJaBXlvYG9tV73REzq%2B>:* Rabbi Michael Lerner: Ukraine: What is Really Going On<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5h6Z27y7f2LdwldqpaNi2m9tV73REzq%2B> Mar 04, 2014 03:30 pm | Rabbi Michael Lerner One thing I'm sure of is that media accounts available in the United States are so tainted by anti-Russia and U.S. nationalist and capitalist interests that we have no idea of what is really happening in Ukraine. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x82TAM03fG%2FfwGWP6PCwUm9tV73REzq%2B> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=R63MAxipO4Pd3qgY309ce29tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ Rabbi Michael Lerner: Tom Hayden on Venezuela's Current Crisis<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=03MosP4Bru2P%2FqOzOTSehG9tV73REzq%2B> Feb 28, 2014 02:28 am | Rabbi Michael Lerner The losers of the Venezuelan elections have turned into Leninists of the Right, seeking to create a counter-revolutionary situation in which the government apparatus crumbles and they seize power........Despite frequent denials by US officials, for example, the State Department's own Inspector General found that the Pentagon and US "democracy programs" supported individuals and groups "actively involved in the brief ouster of the Chavez government" in the 2002 coup attempt. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Qn9pF21yZkzbHbaAIlzpPqmaUKxZfDqe> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kjzVfO6nuxAD%2FD3Bi%2BTQfG9tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ Donna Nevel: Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) and the American Jewish Community<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jB%2Bi6BsH4xM3W63b0WiM9W9tV73REzq%2B> Mar 07, 2014 05:22 pm | Donna Nevel Many American Jewish organizations claim to be staunch supporters of civil and human rights as well as academic freedom. But when it comes to Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, they make an exception. In their relentless opposition to BDS, they leave even core principles behind. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=007mnYhiMoK3IculJwIoXm9tV73REzq%2B> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YR7TBLe1mIw5WBOebwfke29tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ MJ Rosenberg: Netanyahu Is Mostly Right About BDS -- But BDS Is Not The Problem<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tdXzgXtFhN4diwxw5nxIa29tV73REzq%2B> Mar 04, 2014 12:05 pm | MJ Rosenberg As I have written before, I don't much like the BDS movement for many of the same reasons Prime Minister Netanyahu doesn't. It demonizes Israel, many of its leading proponents are anti-Semites, and its rage against Israel is entirely selective. I also believe (from reading its material) that the movement exists to eliminate the State. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ViYR0UyHltT52v9Ck2YDQm9tV73REzq%2B> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qHT2OSP5zJPQzaIlII5RTm9tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ Rebecca Vilkomerson: Liberal Values and the BDS Movement<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vJ2PL0Xgyi8TQ25mRTC6Lm9tV73REzq%2B> Mar 01, 2014 01:50 am | Rebecca Vilkomerson When Scarlett Johansson became the spokesperson for SodaStream, a company with its main factory in an Israeli settlement, the worldwide pressure resulted in her being forced to choose between being a spokesperson for Oxfam, a human rights organization, and her SodaStream gig. It seems that no one, not even A-list celebrities, can be considered humanitarians or human rights advocates any longer if they have anything at all to do with the settlements, which, of course, are illegal under international law. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sixQfLUrEOyGxHs0z3JfNm9tV73REzq%2B> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yXAY81kbIOa%2Fexso7Mno%2BG9tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ Katie Loncke: 5 Big Problems With Compassion-Baiting<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=iCTeqP8o2VXQw%2Fw9cpTLkW9tV73REzq%2B> Mar 07, 2014 06:46 pm | Katie Loncke Unfortunately, we spiritual-progressive types, including but not limited to dharma heads, seem to be particularly prone to something I call compassion-baiting. In social justice situations, specifically, compassion-baiting often sounds like: "You're more upset / loud / angry about social harm than I, arbiter, deem appropriate. You must therefore be lacking in wisdom or compassion." Why so touchy, you ask? Let's break it down: 5 major fails associated with compassion-baiting. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uALVEaXaOdaSDon2c9ymHW9tV73REzq%2B> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zdLIabA%2BSU74P78dGon%2Fkm9tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ Mark Kirschbaum: Torah Commentary: Perashat Vayikra- Who is Ritual For?<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bFJyw1N%2FgLQYpSRh0vO5LW9tV73REzq%2B> Mar 06, 2014 03:08 pm | Mark Kirschbaum There is a lot of discussion these days in religious circles about "protecting halacha", protecting the law, that if certain positions are taken by communities (usually issues related to the role of women, or modern scholarship these days), then "halacha" will be in "danger". I find this a curious new position. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7833nvR%2BCRLJ%2FAo1L9Dylm9tV73REzq%2B> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=F4z%2B1mp4lqF48ZbHg0x%2Fmm9tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ Zehra Bapir: Happy Sabbath to You Too<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ufw2bTX%2BWCECyoq7%2F4ZqyG9tV73REzq%2B> Mar 06, 2014 01:26 pm | Zehra Bapir When we make an attempt to truly understand each other's lives, only then can we exist peacefully. This is the true example of interfaith. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Wx9Lj54vUTlUgpexsprBxm9tV73REzq%2B> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kgSgEaFvOrAjRBNQL%2FDAPW9tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ Sharon Delgado: Ash Wednesday Worship and Arrests at Beale<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nuN0p2squorCFuNYs37Yxm9tV73REzq%2B> Mar 05, 2014 11:13 pm | Sharon Delgado Today, on Ash Wednesday, I participated in a deeply meaningful worship service and nonviolent direct action against drones at the gate of Beale Air Force Base. In the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., "My body is tired but my soul is rested." Actions of faith and conscience are good for the soul. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PGksdluDaTysWOxvb%2FV7uKmaUKxZfDqe> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=k3ah1zc29Iv6lug1jboiz6maUKxZfDqe> ------------------------------ Saadia Faruqi: Why Everyone should Care about NYPD's Surveillance of Muslims<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ve4XpeRfZjn0ZB6MpZFK5G9tV73REzq%2B> Mar 04, 2014 07:23 am | Saadia Faruqi Last week the U.S. District Court dismissed a long-standing case against the NYPD for their secret surveillance of Muslims in New York and New Jersey in the years after 9/11. Yet few Americans outside of the American Muslim community spoke out against the judgment, and not all newspapers carried the news. For the average American of a different faith, this wasn't really too newsworthy. Here's why they are wrong. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HgSmkm%2FlU%2FHylbA661xchm9tV73REzq%2B> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0ohc7iNJZ%2BOHG5gHIECN3G9tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ Timothy Villareal: Fear Not Pentagon Head Games About Love For Your Country<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yv2bR9IKOOf7EBXjDjdZ529tV73REzq%2B> Mar 03, 2014 11:40 pm | Timothy Villareal Vladimir Putin is flexing muscles because he knows the U.S. has been weakened by the Iraq and Afghanistan strategic disasters. Why do we accept a for-pay soldiery that is so undermining our democracy and global security? Answer: Pentagon brainwashing. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YyYuQeTpuqMfSZqc7sRkGm9tV73REzq%2B> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=TW4%2BSOA6o%2B5Db3aWC9SWMm9tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ Arlene Goldbard: Just Call Me Chief Policy Wonk!<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=p6oanqsXFjow72z84SV%2F4W9tV73REzq%2B> Mar 03, 2014 01:34 pm | Arlene Goldbard For a year and a half or so, I've been an advisor to a new and exciting project, the US Department of Arts and Culture, which is demonstrating the public cultural presence we need in this country by performing it. Watch Deputy Secretary Norman Beckett explain it in a video clip. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=i2tZozwjWZH5fIlpHHuG%2FW9tV73REzq%2B> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Man0hDyUzHxkbZbb7P1vZW9tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ David Harris-Gershon: Why 83% of U.S. Jews Support Marriage Equality<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hY%2FD6SQ0fa%2BDkYwXlYnXFamaUKxZfDqe> Mar 01, 2014 01:16 pm | David Harris-Gershon A survey published this week by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) confirmed what several other polls have shown: that a majority of Americans - 53 percent - now support marriage equality. However, perhaps the most interesting finding in PRRI's survey was this: a staggering 83 percent of Jewish Americans support marriage equality, more than any other religious group in the United States. (White Roman Catholics are next in line, at 58-percent support, while all Protestant denominations are below 50 percent.) comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RLmTWjUs8E5aL8gaCAYh6G9tV73REzq%2B> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=TW4%2BSOA6o%2B62wDS6mJii2W9tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ Dave Belden: Teaching English, Physics and Love<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5cr%2FAaoHK3xVHRu8xq5T%2B29tV73REzq%2B> Mar 01, 2014 12:07 pm | Dave Belden Two beautiful, moving and challenging movies about teachers who understand that kids can't learn in school if everything's going wrong at home and in the neighborhood. comments<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jWobAdIeCuOd8d7K212vLm9tV73REzq%2B> | read more<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QRZS%2B5bXoMMmIdW%2BlTvVZW9tV73REzq%2B> ------------------------------ If you find our articles valuable, please help Tikkun continue this free service by subscribing to our quarterly Tikkun magazine (with totally different content only available to subscribers--and it can come to you either in print or online form) at www.tikkun.org/subscribe<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qHT2OSP5zJNUsP55DvpyxG9tV73REzq%2B>) or even better by joining the interfaith and atheist/secular-humanist-welcoming Network of Spirtual Progressives at www.spiritualprogresssives.org/joinordonate<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ll4PKHIqcjdf3F4czmGTeG9tV73REzq%2B>. 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