CC articles on Gaza’s water crisis, critiquing Israel without being antisemitic, AI’s cultivation of virtues, and more
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** Dry faucets in Gaza
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Hello from Jon’s colleague Elizabeth—and don’t worry, our vacationing friend will be back next week!
It’s been 27 years since I visited Gaza, but I still vividly remember what it was like: the overcrowded city streets; the sewage flowing through gulleys and across sidewalks; the warning from our Palestinian tour guide to stay close so we wouldn’t get kidnapped; the young man who begged me to take his picture and tell his story when I returned to the United States. These days, conditions in Gaza feel more hopeless than ever—and we have a new article about one facet of that suffering: Ben Norquist and Mae Elise Cannon write about the extreme water shortage that Gaza ([link removed]) faces, contextualized within the troubled history of water management in the region.
Widespread awareness of the suffering in Gaza has contributed to a dramatic increase in violence against Jews in the United States in recent months. Such violence is rooted in an antisemitism that runs so deep in our culture and our churches that we may be unaware of the ways it shows up in our own language. In their new article for the magazine, Olivia Brodsky and Joshua Stanton, who serve as cantor and rabbi respectively at East End Temple in Manhattan, suggest ten ways progressive Christians (and anyone else) can critique the Israeli government ([link removed]) without deploying antisemitic tropes or implications.
Plus more great new content below, including an essay from Sam Wells on how the virtues of faith, hope, and love ([link removed]) relate to artificial intelligence, a review of a spiritual biography of Hillary Clinton ([link removed]) and podcaster Cassidy Hall’s conversation with medicine woman Assata de la Cruz ([link removed]) from last year’s Wild Goose Festival.
Email Jon: In ten words or fewer, how are you feeling about what’s happening these days in Israel, Gaza, and the surrounding region?
Elizabeth Palmer
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** In Gaza, water is life ([link removed])
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“The scarcity of clean water in Gaza is not only affecting hydration levels—it is also harder (or impossible) to clean clothing, wash diapers, prepare food, bathe, wash hands, clean dishes, flush toilets, and extinguish fires. Naturally, the lack of water in Gaza is having spiraling health and environmental impacts.”
by Ben Norquist and Mae Elise Cannon
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** Ten ways Christians can criticize Israel that aren’t antisemitic ([link removed])
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Cantor Olivia Brodsky and Rabbi Joshua Stanton offer ten statements of critique that might even be helpful for Palestinians, Israelis, and the prospects for peace.
by Olivia Brodsky and Joshua Stanton
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** Faith, hope, love, and AI ([link removed])
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“Some technological developments are healthy, some less healthy. The point is, the way we know whether they’re healthy is the extent to which they facilitate faith, hope, and love.”
by Samuel Wells
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** In the Lectionary for February 25 (Lent 2B) ([link removed])
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What a roller coaster for the disciples: They are following the Messiah! And doing so will cost them everything.
by Elizabeth Felicetti
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** The deeply Methodist Hillary Clinton ([link removed])
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“The endless stream of vitriol toward Hillary Clinton, especially the references to Satan and demons, is incongruent with the portrait that Gary Scott Smith provides in this remarkable spiritual biography.”
Randall Balmer reviews Gary Scott Smith
** Queering Contemplation podcast, episode 7: Assata de la Cruz ([link removed])
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Host Cassidy Hall talks with Assata de la Cruz about embracing the call to be a medicine woman, healing from spiritual violence, and holding one another accountable.
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