VIDEO: Brad Hirschfield on the Government Shutdown

This week the political fight in Washington came to a crisis point over the Affordable Care Act and the debt ceiling, leading to a shutdown of the federal government. There is a lot we can learn from the bad example being set in our nation’s capital, say Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, President of CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. “When doctrine and dogma get in the way of addressing the real pain that people are feeling, something is terribly wrong.”

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VIDEO: Brad Hirschfield on the Government Shutdown

VIDEO: The Future of Catholic-Jewish Relations Under Pope Francis

The selection of Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina to lead the Roman Catholic Church demonstrates a shift from Europe to the Southern Hemisphere, geographic shifts that Jews have also experienced. “There is a practical need to educate and get everyone up to speed,” said Rabbi Noam Marans, director of Interreligious and Intergroup Relations for the American Jewish Committee. As priests get their doctorates from the third world, the Catholic Church will be a very different church, said Rabbi Jack Bemporad, director for the Center for Religious Understanding. “I think that there is a new way in which we can engage in interreligious dialogue and that is basically to respect the other,” he said.

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VIDEO: The Future of Catholic-Jewish Relations Under Pope Francis