Rabbi Brad Hirschfield on Religion and Terror
This week some of the biggest headlines coming out of the Washington summit on countering global terrorism focused on the refusal of President Barack Obama to define ISIS (ISIL) in relation to religion. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, President of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily.com, talks about why religion is important to this discussion.
Read moreRabbi Brad Hirschfield on Removing Religious Holidays from the School Calendar
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...
Read moreAre our Institutions Islamaphobic?
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?
Read moreISIS – Political Correctness and Honesty
As the world comes to grip with the threat of terrorism from ISIS, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily.com, believes this is “a moment when all people must make an honest choice about who they to be in the world, including in a war which very much has religious overtones but isn’t...
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