As this latest study confirms, obesity rates across America continue to rise to epidemic proportions. As obesity rises, so does diabetes, and countless other threats to health. The above study observes the need for more exercise and better eating. But the way our modern lives are structured, people are increasingly consuming junk food on the [...]
Could it be that President Obama has a long lost twin from my hometown?
I have written repeatedly to defend Muslims from being discriminated against, including most recently with the establishment of a mosque in downtown Manhattan (see here, here, and here). This video I just got raises serious valid concerns about extremists using religion to further illegal activities, and of them subverting Islam to their purposes. To my [...]
By Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky Tom Friedman discusses an appropriately complex documentary, “Precious Life” in this article and then compares its meaning to the appropriately complex reality of the Mideast conflict. Friedman’s point is not to condone Israel’s behavior unilaterally, rather to encourage her opponents to give constructive criticism, which comes from [...]
Beyond the earlier geo-political and human arguments I made supporting Imam Feisal Abdel Rauf’s courageous work for tolerance and the Islamic community center he is building in downtown NYC, Tom Friedman advanced beautiful additional arguments that center around the critical value of diversity to foster a creative culture that brings out the best for America [...]
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky This article by Robert Wright features the harsh continued debate over the construction of a mosque near ground zero. The debate is filled with intolerance, fears of radicalism, and biased players; the attacks on Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf are especially disheartening and the opposition of some NY [...]
Further to this post by Adeena regarding the rising attacks against the Mosque being erected in downtown NYC, let me provide some more background to the thousands of people that are attacking this project without taking the time to do a little bit of research about it. I received this video post by Pat Condell [...]
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, a OneVoice board member has become the subject of accusation in a fierce debate about constructing a proposed mosque nearby to Ground Zero that he is actively spearheading. Opponents feel that building a mosque in close proximity to the location of the 9/11 [...]
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky The International Trade Union Confederation called for peace in the Middle East. In the process, the ITUC rejected BDS and encouraged action by Histadrut, Israel, PGFTU and Palestine to revisit negotiations to achieve a resolution to the conflict. The ultimate goal is for both parties to accept [...]
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky In a recent story, an Israeli TV channel featured OneVoice’s campaign for Israel-Palestine to host the 2018 world cup. As the story articulates, this ambition may seem just like a fantasy, but according to the philosophy of the OneVoice campaign, there is no reason why Israelis and [...]