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Truth Be Told Politics (TBT) provides fresh and unique insights into the political and sociological realms.Emory University undergraduate Ami Fields-Meyer's posts vary from topics of healthcare, taxes, and other domestic policy issues to matters of faith and religion.
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The Force of Apathy – A Piece for the National Journal Sh’ma
As featured in Sh’ma, a national journal of Jewish ideology, alongside articles by former Senator Russ Feingold and Brandeis Professor Jonathan Sarna: Last spring, a local congressman came to speak at my high school. It was a routine visit: He … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Presidential Elections, International, Israel, Judaism, Theology, Youth
Tagged American Jews, Camp Ramah, Israel, Jews, Judaism, Religion and Spirituality, United States, Western Wall
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‘Remember Now Your Creator’ – The Challenging Dichotomy of Faith and Reason
Last night, at my school’s back-to-school-night for parents, I delivered my “senior sermon.” Each senior at Milken writes and delivers a sermon at some point during his or her final year at the school. Here is mine, on the challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith, Islam, Judaism, Theology
Tagged American Jewish University, David Wolpe, Eliezer, Faith, God, Israel, Jesus, Joel, Judaism, Reason, Rosh Hashanah, Senior, Sermon, United States
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When It’s Worth It – Speaking When You Can Be Heard
On Monday night, my SAT class stopped being just a weekly bubble-in fest. The class is made up of just two students: David, another high school Junior who goes to an ultra-religious Yeshiva type school in West Los Angeles, and … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, International, Israel, Social Issues, Theology, Youth
Tagged David, Education, Israel, Jews, Judaism, Religion and Spirituality, Torah, West Los Angeles
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Blind Zionism
On a soaring balmy mountaintop at the very top of the Galilee, a graying older man with a white goatee stands before an crowd of enraptured teenagers. Behind him, almost like a painting, is the motionless Lebanese village of Adaisseh. The … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Islam, Israel, Middle East, National Security, War
Tagged Adaisseh, American, Arabs, Bible, Blind Zionism, Galilee, God, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Land, Lebanon, Refugees, Teens, Torah, Zionism, Zionist
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God?
I mentioned yesterday that I am going to start posting journal entries that I wrote in Poland and start discussing Israel. Right now, I am going to post the last thing I wrote in Poland; a theological reflection on the … Continue reading
Polychrome
Last night, I returned from a seven-week trip that changed the way I look at the world on a political level, but also on a sociological and religious level. In the coming days, I’ll take a short hiatus from narrating … Continue reading
Posted in International, Israel, Middle East
Tagged America, Black-and-White, Gaza, Gilad Shalit, Israel, Judaism, Noam Shalit, Palestine, Poland, Youth
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