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Tag Archives: moral leaders
Eat, Pray, Love With Monica: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across The Hovel
This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim. Eat, Pray, Love With Monica is a 2010 Torah Talk by American author Monica. The memoir chronicles the author’s trip around the hovel after her divorce, and what she discovered during her travels. At … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged absolute answer, ancient hebrew, eastern religion, failing marriage, genealogical account, having faith, hovel, latitude longitude, many millennia, maureen callahan, medicine man, moral leaders, new york post, self help book, spiritual themes, torah portion, traveling around the world, word faith, yoga vacations
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Gay Rabbis Night Hosted By Jewish Journal
Why would clergy, of all people, want to go public with their sexual preferences? I am a humble blogger. I have no responsibilities. But you don’t see me tearing up the blogosphere talking about my sexual orientation. You don’t read … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Personal
Tagged adventism, gay clergy, moral leaders, sexual choices, sexual identities, sexual tastes
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Tough Time On The Rabbinic Job Market
I sympathize with our future moral leaders. It’s such a difficult and lonely job. I know a rabbinics student or two who’ve landed a plum job, but the overwhelming problem facing most of the rabbinics students I know is that … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetic experience, lonely job, moral leaders, overwhelming problem, plum job
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I Call Emma For The First Time
From my live cam chat: Gina: Dad will be there too Gina: both Dads YourMoralLeader: let me talk to your father YourMoralLeader: my dad and his dad Gina: have the talk Luke ANYTIMEASAP: heh fill me in whats on with … Continue reading
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The Difficulties of Being a Moral Leader in an Unjust World
I just Googled "Moral Leader" and found out I was number ten in Google. Here’s the number two result: Jim Sterba, professor of philosophy at University of Notre Dame, gave this presentation at a panel on Global Ethical Leadership, May … Continue reading
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Tagged ethical leadership, Ethics, Google, injustice, injustices, jim sterba, moral leader, moral leaders, notre dame, partial justice, perspectives, social and political philosophy, triumph, university of notre dame, unjust world
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