July 2011 News

July 30, 2011
July 30, 2011By Mireya Navarro New York Times WASHINGTON — Like manna from heaven, thousands of dollars in new revenue is raining on a group of congregations here from...
July 29, 2011
July 29, 2011By Duane ElginHuffington Post Although many recognize that individuals can be conscious of themselves, we seldom consider whether a whole society can be...
July 28, 2011
July 28, 2011Harvard Divinity School Communications Gordon Dester Kaufman, Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Professor of Divinity Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School, died on Friday...
July 20, 2011
July 20, 2011Press Release After 98 days and nights of a continuous prayer vigil, the Committee to Protect Glen Cove is pleased to announce a victory in the struggle to...
July 19, 2011
By Dennis KingsleyHuffington PostJuly 19, 2011 Why don’t we begin with a premise: that life is an evolutionary journey, and humankind is on an evolutionary path. Yet...
July 14, 2011
July 13, 2011By Rabbi Lawrence TrosterHuffington Post For more than 20 years I’ve been an educator and an activist in the religious environment movement – both...
July 14, 2011
July 14, 2011By Rabbi Arthur Waskow The Shalom Center The Forward, the leading national Jewish weekly, has just reported that four Jewish summer camps in Pennsylvania have...
July 13, 2011
Concern Over the Environment Versus Financial Reward July 13, 2011By Josh Nathan-KazisForward Fracking, the controversial technique for extracting natural gas that energy...
July 13, 2011
July 13, 2011 By Duane Elgin Huffington Post The wisdom of simplicity is a theme with deep roots. The great value and benefits of living simply are found in all the world...
July 9, 2011
July 9, 2011By Kevin BegosHuffington Post PITTSBURGH – Bishops, nuns and rabbis are joining the environmental and social debate over natural gas drilling in the...
July 8, 2011
July 8, 2011Press Release NEW TOWN, North Dakota – Community members of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation are hosting the 16th Protecting Mother Earth...
July 5, 2011
July 5, 2011  Press Release JERUSALEM – The Council of Religious Institutions of the Holy Land (CRIHL) is pleased to announce its endorsement of the Holy Land...
July 3, 2011
July 3, 2011By Duane ElginHuffington Post Death is an important ally for appreciating life. I am not referring to a morbid preoccupation with death. Rather, I mean the felt...