As I prepare to teach at CBI's Tikkun Leyl Shavuot on Heksher Tzedek/Magen Tzedek, I noticed an email from American Jewish World Service about a new wiki they created. On1foot.org is a searchable database of Jewish Social Justice texts. This is how AJWS described it in an email I received:
As we prepare to celebrate Shavuot, the holiday that marks the receiving of the Torah, AJWS is proud to present On1Foot (www.On1Foot.org), an educational resource that will help the Jewish community apply the Torah's wisdom to the pursuit of social justice.
On1Foot is an online, open source database of Jewish social justice texts. We invite you to visit www.On1Foot.org to explore this exciting new resource for Jewish social justice education.
On1Foot allows users to:
* Search and browse hundreds of biblical, rabbinic and contemporary Jewish texts about social justice
* Upload new texts
* Comment on existing texts
* Create custom source sheets using the texts and suggested discussion questions
We hope that On1Foot enriches your learning and teaching about Judaism and social justice and look forward to your active participation on the site!
On1Foot is a project of American Jewish World Service and is co-sponsored by AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, Hazon, Tzedek, Mechon Hadar and Uri L'Tzedek.
After a short time of use, I am hooked. I offered a few suggestions and have already loaded three sources. Check it out!
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5/02/2007
Further Note from Cambridge
3/23/2007
Targeted Divestment from Sudan
American Jewish World Service has been a leading advocate for ending genocide in Darfur.
I have been interested in Socially Responsible Investing (a type of investing that looks at ethical and social implications of various investment choices). I believe SRI provides an additional way of using personal and communal resources to accomplish desired goals.
Just as people use charitable contributions to promote causes we are interested, choice of investments and participating in shareholder engagements allows an additional way to influence society. Personal investments, organization endowments, and even public holdings, are possible sources of influence.
Divestment--selling or boycotting certain investments which are seen to support a problematic group or activity--has a complicated history. Many experts view the campaign to divest from South Africa as a major factor in ending Apartheid. Money is power and the withholding of money is a lever that can move mountains.
In this case, AJWS is advocating targeted divestment as part of an ongoing campaign to put real and concerted pressure on the Sudanese government. This plan has support of the American Jewish Committee, ADL, JCPA, Jewish War Veterns, Jewish World Watch, Jewish Federations in Connecticut, Duchess County, NY; Fort Wayne, IN; Greater Indianapolis, IN; St. Joseph Valley, IN; and Western Massachusetts (the local Federation for this area of the country).
Here is a tool that screens mutual funds for Sudan investments.
Get involved in Stopping Genocide in Darfur.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Bruce
I have been interested in Socially Responsible Investing (a type of investing that looks at ethical and social implications of various investment choices). I believe SRI provides an additional way of using personal and communal resources to accomplish desired goals.
Just as people use charitable contributions to promote causes we are interested, choice of investments and participating in shareholder engagements allows an additional way to influence society. Personal investments, organization endowments, and even public holdings, are possible sources of influence.
Divestment--selling or boycotting certain investments which are seen to support a problematic group or activity--has a complicated history. Many experts view the campaign to divest from South Africa as a major factor in ending Apartheid. Money is power and the withholding of money is a lever that can move mountains.
In this case, AJWS is advocating targeted divestment as part of an ongoing campaign to put real and concerted pressure on the Sudanese government. This plan has support of the American Jewish Committee, ADL, JCPA, Jewish War Veterns, Jewish World Watch, Jewish Federations in Connecticut, Duchess County, NY; Fort Wayne, IN; Greater Indianapolis, IN; St. Joseph Valley, IN; and Western Massachusetts (the local Federation for this area of the country).
Here is a tool that screens mutual funds for Sudan investments.
Get involved in Stopping Genocide in Darfur.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Bruce
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