Another Wedge Issue
June 26, 2008 By Development
Salam Al-Marayati (Executive Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council) and Steven Jacobs (Founder of the Progressive Faith Foundation) have an op-ed in the LA Times today on “the manipulation and exploitation of Muslim-Jewish differences by political candidates in pursuit of votes”. Rabbi Jacobs is a Board Member of Faith in Public Life along with Chicago Theological Seminary President Susan Thistlethwaite.
Posted in Culture
June 28th, 2008 at 8:33 am
The willingness of our political candidates to risk listening to all voices may be only a reflection of our expectations of them. If we are not supportive of their openness, it is likely we will not see that kind of presence.
Roger Dart