1.0Virtual Talmudhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmudRabbi Joshua Waxmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/author/jwaxmanDoes Darfur Need a Good Publicist? - Virtual Talmudrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GeRTMZpmzq"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2007/05/does-darfur-need-good-publicist.html">Does Darfur Need a Good Publicist?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2007/05/does-darfur-need-good-publicist.html/embed#?secret=GeRTMZpmzq" width="600" height="338" title="“Does Darfur Need a Good Publicist?” — Virtual Talmud" data-secret="GeRTMZpmzq" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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A few weeks ago my congregation was fortunate enough to host Ruth Messinger, executive director of American Jewish World Service, who spoke to us on the situation in Darfur and the obligations that our Jewish values–and recent history–demand of us. Besides the heartbreaking statistics and images (and there were plenty of those) the point that…