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12 Dec 2014

Torture or Enhanced Interrogation: Where Do You Stand?

Odyssey NetworksDecember 12, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Al Qaeda, CIA, Enhanced Interrogation, Faith on the Record, Humane, indefensible, Information, Interrogation, Policy, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield, Safety, Torture, War

On December 9, 2014 the U.S. Senate released its report on the CIA’s use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” against detainees suspected of being Al Qaeda fighters during the George W. Bush administration. Whether you call it torture or enhanced interrogation “is the best predictor we have of how you feel about this issue” says Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of...

05 Dec 2014

Eric Garner, Peaceful Protests and Leviticus

Odyssey NetworksDecember 05, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Brad Hirschfield, Daniel Pantaleo, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Grand Jury, injustice, Leviticus, Michael Brown, New York, Peaceful, peaceful protests, Protests, Rabbi, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield, Staten Island, thewisdomdaily.com

This week a grand jury on Staten Island, NY decided not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of 43-year-old Eric Garner. “Whatever you think,” says Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive director of TheWisdomDaily.com, “pick the guy you identify with more and remember the guy you identify with less is every bit as...

25 Nov 2014

Thanksgiving Leftovers and Gratitude

Odyssey NetworksNovember 25, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Extend Gratitude, Faith on the Record, Food, Grateful, Gratitude, Gratitude Diary, Happiness, Holidays, Leftovers, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield, Satisfaction, Thankful, Thanksgiving

Everyone has their favorite recipes for making the Thanksgiving feast last for days after the holiday meal. But Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily.com, has some tips for stretching the leftover expressions of gratitude into our everyday lives.

21 Nov 2014

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield on How to Respond to the Jerusalem Attacks

Ashley MoralesNovember 21, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Faith on the Record, Islam, Jerusalem Attacks, Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue, Middle East, Prayer, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield, Rabbis, Religious Violence

This week four men, including three rabbis, were killed as they prayed in a bloody attack at the Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue in Jerusalem. It is the latest act in a part of the world plagued by religious violence. “As horrible as these events are,” says Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily.com,...

13 Nov 2014

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield on Removing Religious Holidays from the School Calendar

Odyssey NetworksNovember 13, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Board of Education, Brad Hirschfield, Christmas, Easter, Eid al-Adha, Faith, Faith on the Record, Holidays, Islam, Mongomery County, Muslim, Policy, Religion, Rosh Hoshanah, School Calendar, Yom Kippur

This week, the Board of Education in Mongomery County, Maryland voted 7 to 1 to eliminate references to all religious holidays in their published calendar for 2015-2016. They acted in response to a request from the community’s Muslim leaders that the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha be added alongside holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Yom Kippur and Rosh...

07 Nov 2014

Is All Murder Equal? The Death of London McCabe

Odyssey NetworksNovember 07, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Autism, Compassion, Death, Faith on the Record, Jillian McCabe, London McCabe, Mercy, Murder, Oregon, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield

This week, Jillian McCabe threw her autistic 6-year-old son London from a bridge to his death. The murder has provoked many reactions, among them a surprising amount of sympathy for the mother, who was by many accounts overwhelmed by her son’s condition. “When our sense of mercy for one person is built on the message that the person they...

31 Oct 2014

To Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

Odyssey NetworksOctober 31, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Awareness, Disease, Doctors, Ebola, Faith on the Record, Involuntary Quarantine, Leprosy, Nurses, Outbreak, Personal Health, Protection, Public Health, Quarantine, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield, Voluntary Quarantine, West Africa

The question of whether or not to quarantine those returning from West Africa who have been caring for people with Ebola is in the forefront of many people’s minds. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of CLAL and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily, reminds us that this is a question that has plagued man since Biblical times and that while...

16 Oct 2014

Is Extreme Fitness Replacing Religion?

Odyssey NetworksOctober 16, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Extreme Fitness, Faith on the Record, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield

Extreme fitness programs have become a multi-billion dollar industry. What drives people to train like Navy SEALS? According to Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily, “longing for experience over what makes rational sense is a very real piece of what it means to be human”, and that longing for experience is reflected in...

09 Oct 2014

Is Suicide Wrong? Always?

Odyssey NetworksOctober 09, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Brittany Maynard, Cancer, Choice, Death with dignity, Faith on the Record, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield, Suicide

This week, 29-year-old Brittany Maynard announced that she will be ending her life on November 1. Maynard has an aggressive form of brain cancer and has received a terminal diagnosis. Rather than putting her family and herself through the ordeal of a painful and drawn-out death, she has chosen physician assisted suicide, which is legal in Oregon. “Sometimes, like...

02 Oct 2014

Are our Institutions Islamaphobic?

Odyssey NetworksOctober 02, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Holt vs Hobbs, Husain Abdullah, Islam, Islamophobic, Muslim, NFL, Prayer, Religious Liberty

During a recent NFL game Kansas City Chiefs Safety, Husain Abdullah hit the headlines when he was penalized after performing a traditional Muslim prayer after scoring a touchdown. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield links this incident with the upcoming Holt Vs Hobbs case at the Supreme Court and considers whether our institutions are hostile to Islam, or religion in general?

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