<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">i have another meeting and can't attend this one but am very interested in the group. i would like to bring the issue of human trafficking to the table. modern slavery is a pressing issue (and 1 billion dollar industry in israel) and raising awareness is definitely the first step. i know this may not be the most obvious local issue, and indeed i know nothing of trafficking in the area, but it certainly is a national issue. i have a little bit of experience on the issue but am interested mostly in learning as a community what is going on and different ways to abolish it.<DIV>i hope this can be considered, thanks</DIV><DIV>julian padilla<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 31, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Steven Nathan wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> If you are interesting in getting more involved in Social Justice/Social Action/Tikun Olam (repairing the world) and helping to organize activities on-campus and off-campus in a Jewish or multi-faith context, please join me tomorrow, Thursday Nov. 1 at 5:00 PM at the Spiritual Life Center in Donut 5 (use the door facing Donut 3) for dinner (from Atkins) and a brainstorming/organizing session. If you know anyone else who might be interested, but isn't on either of the lists, please invite them to come as well.<BR> <BR> This will focus on finding local (or perhaps national) projects or activities in which we can get involved on a regular basis. So make sure to bring any ideas based on your past experience here or elsewhere.<BR> <BR> RSVP if you can by the end of today, so I'll know how much food to order. Thanks.<BR> <BR> I hope to see you there.<BR> <DIV class="moz-signature"><BR> <DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Mistral;">Steve Nathan<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " comic="" sans="" ms";"=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P> </DIV> <SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " comic="" sans="" ms";"=""><BR style="page-break-before: auto;" clear="all"> </SPAN> <DIV class="Section2"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " comic="" sans="" ms";"="">Steven P. Nathan<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " comic="" sans="" ms";"="">Campus Rabbi<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " comic="" sans="" ms";"="">Office of Spiritual Life – Box SA<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " comic="" sans="" ms";"="">Hampshire College Amherst, MA 01002<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " comic="" sans="" ms";"="">Phone: (413) 559-6234<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " comic="" sans="" ms";"="">Fax: (413) 559-5663<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " comic="" sans="" ms";"=""><A href="mailto:snathan@hampshire.edu">snathan@hampshire.edu</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P> </DIV> <SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " comic="" sans="" ms";"=""><BR style="page-break-before: auto;" clear="all"> </SPAN> <DIV class="Section3"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " comic="" sans="" ms";"=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " lucida="" calligraphy";="" color:="" black;"="">"The more deeply immersed I became in the thinking of the prophets, the more powerfully it became clear to me what the lives of the prophets sought to convey: that morally speaking there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings. It also became clear to me that in regard to cruelties committed in the name of a free society, some are guilty, all are responsible."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: " lucida="" calligraphy";="" color:="" black;"="">-Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel</SPAN><SPAN style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: " lucida="" calligraphy";"=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P> </DIV> </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jewish mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:Jewish@lists.hampshire.edu">Jewish@lists.hampshire.edu</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/jewish">http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/jewish</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>