Comments on: Kol Nidre at Occupy Boston: We are the 99% and the 1% http://jewschool.com/2011/10/10/27082/kol-nidre-at-occupy-boston-we-are-the-99-and-the-1/ Progressive Jews & Judaism Mon, 20 May 2013 00:55:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: #Occupy | contested terrain http://jewschool.com/2011/10/10/27082/kol-nidre-at-occupy-boston-we-are-the-99-and-the-1/comment-page-1/#comment-681841 #Occupy | contested terrain Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:37:20 +0000 http://jewschool.com/?p=27082#comment-681841 [...] at the margins of the occupations, must be balanced against the thousands of people in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, DC and elsewhere turning up to Kol Nidre prayers and sukkot. Highlighting a few [...] [...] at the margins of the occupations, must be balanced against the thousands of people in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, DC and elsewhere turning up to Kol Nidre prayers and sukkot. Highlighting a few [...]

]]> By: Occupy Mishegas | Jewschool http://jewschool.com/2011/10/10/27082/kol-nidre-at-occupy-boston-we-are-the-99-and-the-1/comment-page-1/#comment-681591 Occupy Mishegas | Jewschool Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:01:12 +0000 http://jewschool.com/?p=27082#comment-681591 [...] Yom Kippur services alongside three other cities. (Our first-person reportage from NYC, DC, Boston here and here.) Here’s a collection of the [...] [...] Yom Kippur services alongside three other cities. (Our first-person reportage from NYC, DC, Boston here and here.) Here’s a collection of the [...]

]]> By: Yom Kippur 5772: The Bull of Ba’al | Quotes About People http://jewschool.com/2011/10/10/27082/kol-nidre-at-occupy-boston-we-are-the-99-and-the-1/comment-page-1/#comment-681272 Yom Kippur 5772: The Bull of Ba’al | Quotes About People Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:01:16 +0000 http://jewschool.com/?p=27082#comment-681272 [...] But instead of having a low-key day, she’s now one of the organizers of the Occupy Boston Kol Nidrey Service. [...] [...] But instead of having a low-key day, she’s now one of the organizers of the Occupy Boston Kol Nidrey Service. [...]

]]> By: Yom Kippur 5772: The Bull of Ba’al | Quotes About People http://jewschool.com/2011/10/10/27082/kol-nidre-at-occupy-boston-we-are-the-99-and-the-1/comment-page-1/#comment-681273 Yom Kippur 5772: The Bull of Ba’al | Quotes About People Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:01:16 +0000 http://jewschool.com/?p=27082#comment-681273 [...] But instead of having a low-key day, she’s now one of the organizers of the Occupy Boston Kol Nidrey Service. [...] [...] But instead of having a low-key day, she’s now one of the organizers of the Occupy Boston Kol Nidrey Service. [...]

]]> By: Reb Deb Gordon http://jewschool.com/2011/10/10/27082/kol-nidre-at-occupy-boston-we-are-the-99-and-the-1/comment-page-1/#comment-681258 Reb Deb Gordon Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:57:02 +0000 http://jewschool.com/?p=27082#comment-681258 PS. How do I put the badge and quote below on my own website? PS. How do I put the badge and quote below on my own website?

]]> By: Reb Deb Gordon http://jewschool.com/2011/10/10/27082/kol-nidre-at-occupy-boston-we-are-the-99-and-the-1/comment-page-1/#comment-681257 Reb Deb Gordon Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:56:22 +0000 http://jewschool.com/?p=27082#comment-681257 יישר כח/Yasher Koach! My Kol Nidrey sermon was about the Occupy movement, and I led off by talking about my cousin Rachel who helped organize the Occupy Boston Kol Nidrey service you wrote about. That whole day, the liturgy came alive in a way it hasn't for years. But during the whole day, I don't think I every quite put together the plural nature of the /vidui/ (confession, for readers who don't know) with our own complicity in the system. תודה רבה/Todah rabbah/Thank you so VERY much for this! יישר כח/Yasher Koach! My Kol Nidrey sermon was about the Occupy movement, and I led off by talking about my cousin Rachel who helped organize the Occupy Boston Kol Nidrey service you wrote about. That whole day, the liturgy came alive in a way it hasn’t for years. But during the whole day, I don’t think I every quite put together the plural nature of the /vidui/ (confession, for readers who don’t know) with our own complicity in the system. תודה רבה/Todah rabbah/Thank you so VERY much for this!

]]> By: Pete brown http://jewschool.com/2011/10/10/27082/kol-nidre-at-occupy-boston-we-are-the-99-and-the-1/comment-page-1/#comment-681107 Pete brown Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:41:49 +0000 http://jewschool.com/?p=27082#comment-681107 I have always considered myself, a slightly right of centre, moderate capitalist and democrat. However, now is the time to accept that untamed capitalism (like Russian Communism)has flaws, that could prove fatal unless they are addressed. Capitalism requires buyers and sellers. Most members of society, are only able buy products, with income derived from the sale of their labour. Currently jobs are sliding from developed nations, to developing nations that benefit from lower wage costs. Resulting in strife and deprivation in developed nations. It would be a mistake for developing nations too feel smug. Soon they too, will experience a drop in employment and confidence, as robotics and further automation kicks in. Share holders will continue to demand production costs are reduced, in order to maximise profits. Resulting in a Worldwide reduction in employment, leading to a worldwide reduction in income, leading to a worldwide reduction in prosperity, and an ever decreasing proportion of rich in the world. I believe, greater international agreement will inevitably occur. It's just a matter of how much pain is felt first. Maybe the WTO (or similar), should require that participent nations set maximum working hour limits, and a minimum wage based upon a countries GDP. I have always considered myself, a slightly right of centre, moderate capitalist and democrat.

However, now is the time to accept that untamed capitalism (like Russian Communism)has flaws, that could prove fatal unless they are addressed.

Capitalism requires buyers and sellers. Most members of society, are only able buy products, with income derived from the sale of their labour. Currently jobs are sliding from developed nations, to developing nations that benefit from lower wage costs. Resulting in strife and deprivation in developed nations.

It would be a mistake for developing nations too feel smug. Soon they too, will experience a drop in employment and confidence, as robotics and further automation kicks in. Share holders will continue to demand production costs are reduced, in order to maximise profits.

Resulting in a Worldwide reduction in employment, leading to a worldwide reduction in income, leading to a worldwide reduction in prosperity, and an ever decreasing proportion of rich in the world.

I believe, greater international agreement will inevitably occur. It’s just a matter of how much pain is felt first.

Maybe the WTO (or similar), should require that participent nations set maximum working hour limits, and a minimum wage based upon a countries GDP.

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