David Saperstein

David Saperstein

Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

Rabbi David Saperstein is the Washington representative of Judaism's Reform Movement as Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, a position he has held for 30 years. The "On Faith" panelist also co-chairs the Coalition to Preserve Religious Liberty, and serves on the boards of numerous national organizations including the NAACP and People For the American Way. In 1999, Saperstein was elected first chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom created by Congress. The Religious Action Center advocates for a broad range of social justice issues and provides extensive legislative and program materials for synagogues, federations and Jewish community relations councils nationwide. It also coordinates social action education programs that train nearly 3,000 Jewish adults, youth, rabbinic and lay leaders each year. Also an attorney, Saperstein teaches seminars in First Amendment Church-State Law and in Jewish Law at Georgetown University Law School. He co-authored Jewish Dimensions of Social Justice: Tough Moral Choices of Our Time (1998). Close.

David Saperstein

Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

Rabbi David Saperstein is the Washington representative of Judaism's Reform Movement as Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, a position he has held for 30 years. The "On Faith" panelist also co-chairs the Coalition to Preserve Religious Liberty, and serves on the boards of numerous national organizations including the NAACP and People For the American Way. more »

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Desecrating What God Entrusted to Us
Think of it: There are over 300,000 houses of worship in America! If every one of them engaged in a serious effort to care for the environment what a transformation we would see!

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Not only is the earth the garden but the universe is also the garden. In the near future, there will be an interfaith revolution to protect the garden. The faithful of all the religions will unite behind this common goal. We will then be able to dwell in the garden as intended. The pagans of all faiths will lose their power, the power of war and rumors of war. The children of God will no longer be enemies. The spark for the revolution is the revelation.

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There's a great big universe out there. Let's get out there and enjoy it—and not waste any more human energy and creativity wringing our hands over this insignificant dust speck.

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Thank you for this wonderful tribute to the sense of responsibility that delineates a mature mind. It is children and fools who are selfish and uncaring.

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Anonymous:

Hey dave, you discovered this:

"Protecting God’s creation is, I have found in my travels, perhaps the most intuitively religious social issue of our day. Because it is shared by so many faiths, a genuinely interfaith effort on this issue could forge a powerful religious response whose potential would be staggering."

Wow. Stagger some of this: you should travel more, get away from all those Jews you hang with, and recognize that you can profit from "genuine interfaith efforts" just like the Palestinian bros who are wondering were their next loaf of bread is going to come from. Travel more, and you'll discover the nexus of the Nazis and the government of Israel.

You're a clown, a simpleton, and you (and your father) always knew it.

Thank you for informing me of your world view.

Your pal,

Bob

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