Isis and Genocide: What Does A Label Mean?

This week Secretary of State John Kerry officially labelled as genocide the acts being perpetrated against Christians, Shiite Muslims and Yazidis by ISIS.  This is a historic statement, says Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily.com, but “what does it mean to call something something if it doesn’t move us to action?”