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Blog Entries by Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster from 12/2011

Celebrating International Human Rights Day

| Posted 12.10.2011 | Religion
Read More: International Human Rights Day, Jewish Values, Human Rights, K'vod Habriot, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Rabbis for Human Rights-North America, Judaism, Religion News

The UDHR is both inspiring and challenging. Inspiring because of the ideal world it describes, insisting even that "Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized."

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Choose Our Highest Values, Reject Fear

| Posted 12.15.2011 | Religion
Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Joseph Lieberman, Senator Ayotte, Jewish Values, Image of God, Rabbis for Human Rights-North America, Torture, National Defense Authorization Act, Ethics, Judaism, Religion News

We must not lose sight of our goal of maintaining safety while promoting American values through embodying them in laws and behavior. Our country should be focused on ending terrorism, not on terrorizing others.

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