Common Grounds

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• With the Nation-State Law, Israel’s religious right is deciding who is a Jew

  
  December 22, 2020 14:48

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/nation-state-law-judaism-religious-right/

   

  By Etan Nechin

  Published December 20, 2020

   

  Israel's Nation-State Law does not see Judaism as a diverse religion, but as an identity that guarantees supremacy over other people — including other Jews.

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• Countries are lining up for Russia’s once-scorned Sputnik vaccine after strong efficacy results

  
  February 10, 2021 12:13

  Source: Fortune

  https://fortune.com/2021/02/08/international-sputnik-russia-demand/

   

  By BLOOMBERG AND HENRY MEYER
  Published February 8, 2021

   

  “We’re All in It, TOGETHER!

   

  We only have one life to live on this one planet.”

   

  Abraham A. van Kempen

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• It works: 0 deaths, only 4 severe cases among 523,000 fully vaccinated Israelis

  
  February 12, 2021 14:22

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/hmo-sees-only-544-covid-infections-among-523000-fully-vaccinated-israelis/?utm_source=Breaking+News&utm_campaign=breaking-news-2021-02-12-2478097&utm_medium=email

   

  By NATHAN JEFFAY

  Published 11 February, 2021

   

  HMO data a week after 2nd dose shows 93% effectiveness, ‘unequivocally’ proving vaccine’s success and leaving ‘no doubt’ it’s saved many Israeli lives, says Maccabi official

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• A Christian Vision of Social Justice

  
  March 24, 2021 12:06

  Source: The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/opinion/social-justice-christianity.html

   

  
  By David Brooks

  Published March 18, 2021

   

  Social change can be pursued with mercy and hope.

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• One State Solution in Israel/Palestine? A Conversation and Review

  
  March 23, 2021 14:02

  Source: Red Letter Cristians

  https://www.redletterchristians.org/one-state-solution-in-israel-palestine-a-conversation-and-review/

   

  By Bruce Fisk

  Published March 16, 2021

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• A Book Review on the Topic of Christian Nationalism

  
  March 25, 2021 13:50

  Source: Gospel in Life

  https://quarterly.gospelinlife.com/book-review-on-the-topic-of-christian-nationalism/

   

  By Timothy Keller

   

  Tim Keller reviews Samuel L. Perry and Andrew Whitehead's book Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States (Oxford, 2020)

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• Lucky for Fox Trump No Longer President

  
  March 26, 2021 12:01

  Source: NRC Amerika

  nrc.nl/amerika

   

  By Bas Blokker

  Published March 23, 2021

   

  Translated and edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Good afternoon,

   

  Fascinating to see how the roles have simply turned. A Democratic government keeps the press away from sheltering migrant children, and a Republican governor worried about a corona outbreak in the shelter.

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• The ICC probe into Palestine: where is the EU?

  
  March 30, 2021 12:35

  Source: EUobserver

  https://euobserver.com/opinion/151359

   

  By RASMUS ALENIUS BOSERUP

  Published March 30, 2021

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• The Evangelical Pope – Children the Center of Christianity

  
  March 29, 2021 11:18

  Living Words from John Paul II

  Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Published Sunday, March 28, 2021

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• The Tormented Dance of the Colonizer: Peter Beinart, Liberal Zionism and the Battle for Palestine

  
  March 23, 2021 12:28

  Source: Tikkun

  https://www.tikkun.org/the-tormented-dance-of-the-colonizer/

   

  By Mark Braverman

  Published March 18, 2021

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