Common Grounds

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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