September 2021

ShalomSeptember 2021 (PDF Download)

Contents:

Three contributors respond to this quotation by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: ” “Daily we should take account and ask: What have I done today to alleviate the anguish, to mitigate the evil, to prevent humiliation?” — Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.”

• “On Stigma and Humiliation” by Henry Greenspan,
• “Peace Has No Path, Peace Is The Path” by Jim Thornton
• “Restoring Trust in the World” by Rachel N. Baum

Artwork by Julie Lonneman “Daily we should take account and ask: What have I done today to alleviate the anguish, to mitigate the evil, to prevent humiliation?”

“New Year’s Wishes and Gratitude” by Stefan Merken

“Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World” by Lawrence Wittner

May 2021

Shalom – May 2021 (PDF Download)

Theme: Get involved – Putting advocacy into action

Contents:

“The Activist Essence of JPF” by Stefan Merken

“It’s Mother’s Day Again and We Are Still at War” by Murray Polner

“Anti-Nuclear Advocacy, Organizing, and Movement Building” by Joseph Berkson

“City Council Takes Action: Ban the Bomb” by Patrick Henry

“Living a Life Worth Remembering” by Steven Schwartz

“Holocaust Education: Words Matter” by Richard Middleton-Kaplan

January 2021

Shalom-January 2021 (PDF download)

Contents:

“We the Trees Speak of Simon Grosman: Simon was not someone special. He was just another boy, a Jewish boy, living in Paris in 1942.” by Nan Lefenfeld

“Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day” by Stefan Merken

“Holocaust Heroes of Nebraska” by Seth B. Goldsmith

“The Kings Bay Plowshares Seven” by Rosalie G. Riegle

“FOR-USA’s Statement on Passage of U.N. Treaty Outlawing Nuclear Weapons”