Are Unions Holy?

posted by colleague, friend, and study partner, Rabbi J. Herber: "Within the workers' organization, which is formed for the purpose of guarding and protecting the work condition, there is an aspect of righteousness and uprightness and tikkun olam... Unorganized labor brings damage and loss of money to workers. For the unorganized worker works under worse conditions — both in regard to wages and in regard to working hours, etc. And this is likely to make working conditions worse in general."
- Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, first Chief Rabbi of Israel

A Quick Thought on the Situation in Egypt and the Oceans of Ink Spilled in a Multitude of Blogs on the Subject...

I hate to rain on anyone's pro-democracy parade, but, as much as stuff like this ruins Al-Qaeda's weekend, we've got a long long way to go to anything resembling a representative democracy in Egypt. Mubarek himself was a highly decorated army officer before he became president - what we're watching isn't a revolution as much as a changing of the guard... the real story begins now, as we wait to see if anything is going to change. Stay tuned.