I met Rabbi Michael Lerner twice in 2012. The rabbi kindly invited me into his home, we dined together, I met with members of his congregation and discussed my thoughts with them. However, I was recently troubled by Rabbi Lerner’s speech at Muhammad Ali’s funeral. Unlike many other peace loving people I was not impressed at all.
To watch Rabbi Lerner’s speech:
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Muhammad Ali was a complex and imperfect hero who reflected the turbulence of his time, a reality lost in some eulogies after his death but that playwright Stephen Orlov recalls from a night with Ali 46 years ago. By Stephen…Read more →
Watching the memorial service to Muhammad Ali on Friday was at times, as you’d expect, very poignant. But it was more than that: this was Muhammad Ali’s planned, final statement to the world. A man – once so eloquent, verbose and decisive, but who had been slowly robbed of his ability to speak over the […]
Rabbi Michael Lerner gives us all a lesson in Speaking Truth to Power at Muhammad Ali’s funeral – much to the discomfort of front row audience member Bill Clinton. Touching on justice for Palestinians, a basic income, and challenging Hillary Clinton to reverse America’s murderous foreign policy, Lerner wasn’t ever going to just go after Trump, but spoke of universal […]
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Today the world will say its final goodbye to one of the greatest cultural figures – and probably the most charismatic – of the 20th century. And also the greatest sports star probably of all time. So it is perhaps also an appropriate moment to travel back in time to a steaming hot night, October […]
This week on #NewWorldNextWeek: Bilderberg is now implanting propaganda in their press releases; Brexit looms as EU popularity plummets; and Muhammad Ali might end selective service from beyond the grave.
This week on #NewWorldNextWeek: Bilderberg is now implanting propaganda in their press releases; Brexit looms as EU popularity plummets; and Muhammad Ali might end selective service from beyond the grave.
The death of boxing great Muhammad Ali touched many people, especially those fortunate enough to have known him as a brash and brave young man who transformed sports and challenged the Vietnam War, as Mollie Dickenson recalls. By Mollie Dickenson…Read more →
Much has been made in the days since the death of Muhammad Ali about the ‘whitewashing’ of his life and legacy. There’s no real question that Ali was, at least at one time, a radical; and that aspect of his story has been largely glossed over in much of the coverage. This has been motivated […]
