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First Seed Source of this discussion. This week's torah parsha. Add a comment to the disscussion. Please add your comment *. How to Read and Use The New Jerusalem Talmud. New Jerusalem Talmud pages are organized/ laid out as 'Dafs', or pages in a unique format guided by the structure of the ancient Jewish Talmud. The middle column at the top starts with a list of the participants/ contributors ('Tanaim'). These are 'Rashis' or background/ support/ documentation/ context. And sources or noted thinkers or ...

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Afghanistan - New Jerusalem Talmud

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Can we in Jewish organizations or as pro-Israel Jews, have open discussions with people who support BDS and/or delegitimization of Israel, without validating or legitimizing their points of view? What comes to mind when you think of the "BDS" movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction the State of Israel? Add a comment to the disscussion. Please add your comment *. How to Read and Use The New Jerusalem Talmud. The middle column at the top starts with a list of the participants/ contributors ('Tanaim').

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Economics - New Jerusalem Talmud

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The 2008-current recession shows that the prevailing model of materialist capitalism has failed. Add a comment to the disscussion. Crashes/ Depressions/ Recessions i.e. 2008, irrationalities like the hi-tech or real estate bubbles, and the industrial cannibalization of the earth's resources, together constitute proof that the guiding model and values of our current economic paradigm have failed and are bad for people and the earth. MM:. What would happen if we outlawed the accumulation of interest? Below...

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7 Years of Famine - New Jerusalem Talmud

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And sustainable toilets and showers SM:. Good methods like water re-using and recycling SM:. We need to inculcate society-wide habits. Models for this: halacha, 'Fremen ' of Frank Herbert 's Dune MM:. But there 's no guarantee that this will continue SM:. And furthermore, we need consistent, sustainable methods, not a good year of rain SM:. 7 years of famine. 2011-12 was the best Israeli winter in decades, with flooding near-constant rains throughout January, February, and March. Is that enough? The midd...

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Population: Birth and the Earth. Condom, pill, other methods, ending with vasectomy or 'tubes tied'? The first commandment in the bible is to 'be fruitful and multiply'. Does that conflict with using birth control? Is it religiously responsible to use birth control? Is it ecologically responsible to not use birth control? 130 years spilling seeds. Related to his 'sin'). This fallen seed was reincarnated in [slavery in] Egypt:. Ben David (the Messiah) won't come until all the '. People are not equal in im...

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Expertise - New Jerusalem Talmud

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Are 'parents'- mothers and/or fathers- qualified and deserving of authority/power over children? Is a 'parent' a natural expert? What's best for kids? In cases of divorce/ orphanage? In a place where there's 'no man'- be 'the man' - Moses sees no man, kills the Egyptian. Or is the best doctor/medicine based on bedside manner or other holistic factors? Even if not understood. Brain surgery requires the best trained neurosurgeon: nobody else can do it: Not everyone can know everything:. Jason Farber, BE:.

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SYtefilla - New Jerusalem Talmud

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It seems to me that tefillah as a communal act via the minyan is a man 's primary vehicle, what is the parallel for women? They do have a clear role though - spiritual agitation. Call it holy sublimation. Traditionally this was the yeshiva bachur. Today it 's the highly educated 30 something? Tefilla As A Family Value. What about the primary kavan of tefillah being v 'ahavta l 'reicha comocha? M8]: Are women and men different? Is women's relationship to HKBH different as related to tefilla? M4]: [my wife...

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Climate Change - New Jerusalem Talmud

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Some societies have chosen, for some issues, to make economics/ efficiency NOT the only measure. [e.g. for this reason in Israel] the privatization of prisons is illegal. A change in economic thinking- not technological per se, but away from the virtue of selfishness (reinforced worldwide by the economic crash of '08-09). Realization that Ayn Rand selfish absolutism doesn't/ won't work. Identity can be defined as: when there's a crisis, who are you? Conservatives and liberals (right and left) break down ...

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Meat - New Jerusalem Talmud

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I went vegetarian for almost a year when I was 24. The result was a year in which I was never sicker or weaker in my life. I quit after having quite the vivid dream about a Philly cheese steak. AN:. I tried giving up meat once when I was 24 and really into environmental activism, because of GMOs and hormones etc. But I was on a road trip with a friend and he asked me 'Hey don't you not eat meat? And I said yes, he asked 'Why did you just buy a bag of beef jerky at the last gas stop and eat it'? With a mo...

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Assimilation - New Jerusalem Talmud

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RnShalom to you and thanks from Wisconsin,rnhoping we meet someday soon! To the Karaite would he not answer that modern Jewish religion has assimilated the practices of the world around him and ignored Torah alone? If by saying that Judah in Israel alone now is all that is to come, then where is the words of the prophets before us? Is not Israel 12 tribes? It makes sense but does not make it right. One should seek for truth at home before seeking truth in a foreign land. JF:. Jews in America have exercis...