#Sarna Code

[theindiantribal]

Tribals Threaten To Boycott 2024 Lok Sabha Poll If No Sarna Code By Then

Stepping up their demand for a separate religion, tribals from various States across the country and some representatives from Bhutan and Nepal as well on Sunday (March 12) held a big rally in the Jharkhand capital

Read more here : https://theindiantribal.com/2023/03/12/news-jharkhand-india-tribals-threaten-to-boycott-2024-lok-sabha-poll-if-no-sarna-code-by-then/

[townpostin]

Soren Likens BJP Leaders to "Political Vultures" Pre-Election

CM criticizes opposition for divisive tactics at Giridih district event Key Points: • Hemant Soren accuses BJP of misleading masses on religious and caste lines • CM alleges obstacles in scheme implementation by opposition • Soren highlights government’s efforts in employee welfare and development RANCHI – Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has launched a scathing attack on BJP leaders,…

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The stories of Lot in Sodom and of the origin of the Benjaminite war deal obliquely with the position of women. As told in Genesis 19, two angels in the form of two strangers come as visitors to Lot's house in Sodom. Lot makes a feast for them and invites them to stay overnight. The wicked men of Sodom surround the house and demand that he surrender the men to them, "Bring them out unto us that we may know them." Trying to calm them down, Lot steps outside the door of his house and addresses the Sodomites as follows:

I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only to these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof [Gen. 19:7,8].

The mob storms into the house, but the angels strike the men of the mob with blindness, then they warn Lot of the imminent destruction of the city of Sodom and tell him that he and his family would be saved, "the Lord being merciful to him." The language here indicates that Lot is not being saved for his virtue but because of God's mercy and because of Abraham. ('God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt" (Gen. 19:29).

The passage has been embarrassing to later commentators. Martin Luther praised Lot for upholding the law of hospitality, and otherwise apologized for him: "I will defend Lot and think he made his offer without sin. For knowing that the mob was not interested in them, he only tried to appease it and did not think he was exposing his daughters to any danger." John Calvin, on the other hand, thought that "Lot's great virtue was sprinkled with some imperfection. He does not hesitate to prostitute his daughters ... Lot, indeed is urged by extreme necessity; yet ... he is not free from blame."

Later commentators have essentially followed these two lines of interpretation. Sarna comments that Lot's "willingness to allow his daughters to be violated" is "utterly incomprehensible" to the modern reader, "even if allowance be made for the fact that the story reflects an age and a society in which daughters were the property of their fathers." I find it remarkable that E. A. Speiser, who annotates and comments on Genesis line by line, has no comment to offer regarding Lot's action. He criticizes Lot for "lacking spontaneity" and appearing "servile" in his hospitality and describes the "latent weakness in Lot's character" in his being "undecided, flustered, ineffectual." The only hint of a comment on the incident with the daughters is the sentence: "True to the unwritten code, Lot will stop at nothing in his effort to protect his guests." Speiser follows Calvin's interpretation and, using a strictly textual analysis, Calvin seems quite justified in regarding Lot's offer of his daughter to the mob as merely "an imperfection," since Yahweh, to whom the crimes of Sodom are so abhorrent that he destroys the city and all its inhabitants, nevertheless saves Lot. If we analyze this Biblical story, we notice that Lot's right to dispose of his daughters, even so as to offer them to be raped, is taken for granted. It does not need to be explained; hence we can assume it reflected a historic social condition.

-Gerda Lerner, The Creation of Patriarchy

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UGC NET 2023 | Political Science | Sarna Religious Code | Chandni Mam | ...

[vilaspatelvlogs]

हार्वर्ड कॉन्फ्रेंस में बोले CM हेमंत, आदिवासी कभी न हिन्दू थे और न हैं, सदियों से इन्हें दबाया जाता है

हार्वर्ड कॉन्फ्रेंस में बोले CM हेमंत, आदिवासी कभी न हिन्दू थे और न हैं, सदियों से इन्हें दबाया जाता है

Ranchi: झारखंड के मुख्यमंत्री हेमंत सोरेन (Hemant Soren) ने एक ऐसा दावा कर दिया है जिस पर बड़ा विवाद खड़ा हो सकता है. उन्होंने कहा कि आदिवासी हिंदू नहीं हैं. सोरेन ने शनिवार देर रात हार्वर्ड इंडिया कॉन्फ्रेंस (Harvard India Conference) को वर्चुअल माध्यम से संबोधित किया. उन्होंने कहा कि आदिवासी कभी न हिंदू थे, न हैं.  उन्होंने आगे कहा कि “आदिवासी समाज प्रकृति पूजक है और इनका अलग रीति-रिवाज है.…

[jewish-privilege]

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I was a 12 years old when I was attacked by a mob of children and called "Christ killer" — the same age Jesus was, according to the Gospel of Luke, when he lingered in the Temple of Jerusalem and impressed the elders with his intellect — so this issue is undeniably personal. That wasn't the first or last time I was bullied for being Jewish, but it was the only time I nearly died because of it: Those kids held my head underwater, chanting, "Drown the Jew!"

This incident sprang back to mind  this month as Republicans tried to figure out what to do about Greene, a particularly obnoxious Christian right-winger who has suggested that a "space laser" affiliated with Jewish banking families caused the 2018 Camp Fire in California, expressed sympathy for the anti-Semitic QAnon fantasies, promoted a video that claimed Jews are trying to destroy Europe, posed for a picture with a Ku Klux Klan leader and liked a tweet linking Israel to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

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None of this is surprising for anyone who is familiar with the history of American anti-Semitism. Greene is not an aberration, some inexplicable pimple of hatred that blemishes the American right's otherwise Jew-friendly visage. The American right has long had an anti-Semitism problem, and she's just the latest symptom.

This history of hatred "tells us much more about the anti-Semite than it tells us about Jews," Dr. Jonathan Sarna, a professor of American Jewish history at Brandeis University, told Salon. After citing an Israeli historian who refers to anti-Semitism as a "cultural code," Sarna explained that beliefs that vilify Jews as malevolent plotters who secretly control the world have a long history in American political life. "These ideas, which I think many on the left frankly had thought were done and over with, we suddenly see them full blown," he said

Before the 19th century, Sarna explained Jews were stereotypically depicted as being cursed: They were "wandering Jews" for their supposed role in killing Jesus Christ. In the modern era, however, the stereotype emerged that Jews secretly controlled the world and were responsible for everything that a given anti-Semite might regard as sinister. During the Civil War, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant blamed the Jews for cotton smuggling and expelled the entire Jewish community from areas he controlled in Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. When the populist movement arose to address agrarian economic concerns in the 1890s, Jewish bankers like the Rothschilds were a frequent target among ideological leaders like William Hope "Coin" Harvey.

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There's a direct line between those conspiratorial fantasies ideas from previous decades and the anti-Semitic attacks of the 21st century. "Conspiratorial thinking, by its nature, argues that everything is connected," Sarna explained. "There are no coincidences and it eschews complexity. It believes there are simple explanations based on sinister individuals who are manipulating the universe. Unsurprisingly, in a Christian setting, those are Jews."

Those ideas can evolve — Sarna pointed out that the QAnon belief in a giant child abuse ring run by Jews is analogous to the "blood libel," the medieval myth that Jews used the blood of Christian children for rituals — but the underlying assumptions have been consistent. It just so happens that, in the modern right-wing incarnation, Donald Trump's cult-like following believes that "all the enemies of Mr. Trump are now child molesters."

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[Jewish comedian Larry Charles] brought up community organizer and political theorist Saul Alinsky, a favorite target of the right. "He is almost like the devil in a way," Charles observed. "He's like this radical leftist Jew, he fits all the categories. He checks all the boxes."

"Shooting some of these movies, we would see reasonable people who have this blind spot," Charles said. "They have this crazy belief, and there were all different applications and manifestations of it, that the Jews control everything. That is like a mantra amongst a certain segment of the population."

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With the election of Trump in 2016, those ingrained belief systems — which for many years had been kept outside the American political mainstream — became more prominent, and their adherents more emboldened. David Weissman, a military veteran and former conservative Republican who stopped being a self-described "Trump troll" after a 2018 conversation with comedian Sarah Silverman, told Salon about his encounters with anti-Semitism on the right.

Back when he still supported Trump, Weissman recalled, he got into a "little spat" with an alt-right commentator who calls himself Baked Alaska, who was recently arrested after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Ultimately they moved past it, Weissman said: "We both realized we were Trump supporters" who believed "Democrats were the bad guys." Once he left MAGA world, however, Weissman said "the anti-Semitism definitely escalated" in interactions with his former allies.

"When I became a Democrat, I was called 'the k-word'" and targeted by "anti-Semitic slurs and tropes," Weissman said. Trump supporters sent "memes of me being Jewish in the oven," and "put my name in parentheses," a common tactic used by the far right to target someone for being Jewish.

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"Anti-Semitism certainly did not start with Marjorie Taylor Greene, nor did it start with Donald Trump, but we have seen an exponential increase in violent anti-Semitic incidents during Donald Trump's presidency," Halie Soifer, CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, told Salon. "That is no doubt related to the fact that he emboldened and aligned himself with white nationalism." She mentioned Trump equating the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville with the peaceful protesters by "commenting that there were very fine people on both sides," refusing to denounce white nationalism and telling the right-wing Proud Boys during one of the campaign debates to "stand back and stand by."

"White nationalism had existed in our country prior to that, and anti-Semitism as an element of it, but white nationalists had never had an ally in the White House until Donald Trump," Soifer said.

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Donald Trump's supposed pro-Israel policies were closely aligned with those of Benjamin Netanyahu, and did nothing to correct for Trump's history of anti-Semitic words and actions. He accused Jewish Democrats of "great disloyalty" toward Israel (feeding into the stereotype that Jews have dual loyalties), removed any specific reference to Jews from a 2017 State Department statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day and has frequently used anti-Semitic dogwhistle terms by opposing "globalists" and describing himself as a "nationalist." When I interviewed Charlotte Pence, the daughter of former Vice President Mike Pence, she talked about her family's love of Israel but refused to answer a question about whether she believes Jews are going to hell — or discuss the creepy messianic theories underpinning the Christian right's support for Israel.

When I asked Larry Charles whether, based on his experiences, there's an opportunity to build bridges with anti-Semites, he was skeptical. "I have not seen a lot of opportunities for bridge building in the situations that I've been in," Charles explained. "The people that I've met through Sacha [Baron Cohen] were very rigid and dogmatic in their prejudices. There was no crossing that gulf with them. There might be tolerance, temporarily. There might be patience, temporarily. But there's no changing that belief."

I hope that Charles is wrong but suspect he is right, which raises the question of how American Jews should react to the Marjorie Taylor Greenes of the world. For want of a better alternative, I think the only solution is to be intolerant toward intolerance. House Democrats were right to strip Greene of her committee assignments, but that is not nearly enough. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter need to do more to limit hate speech, even if conservatives cry foul in bad faith (the First Amendment only protects people from government censorship, not consequences from private corporations). Right-wing politicians who attack prominent Jews in ways that can be plausibly construed as anti-Semitic, or by denouncing "globalists," need to lose their funding. People who oppose anti-Semitism must lead boycotts against right-wing media figures who cover for people like Greene, such as Fox News' Sean Hannity.

On a broader level, critics of anti-Semitism must recognize that this form of bigotry is part of America's long history of hate — a history which holds that only white, straight Christian "manly" men have a right to rule — and recognize our responsibility to be allies to African Americans and the Latinx community, Muslims and the LGBT community, women suffering under the patriarchy and the poor struggling to make ends meet. If we limit our empathy merely to other Jews, the implicit message is not that systemic oppression is wrong, but only that we happen to dislike it when our group is targeted. The Jewish tradition at its best instills a moral responsibility to see all the layers of oppression, and align ourselves with its victims.

[Read Matthew Rozsa’s full piece in Salon]

[theindiantribal]

What is Sarna and Why Has There Been a Demand to Make it a Religion? - The Indian Tribal

The religious faith of the indigenous or native or tribal people, mainly the Scheduled Tribes, is called Sarna. The demand for Sarna Dharma Samhita is mainly arising because the tribal communities make it clear that they are not Hindus. Also, several tribal organizations claim that more than 49.57 lakh people living in 29 states and union territories across the country have mentioned 'other' instead of mentioning any particular religion in the religion column during the 2011 census. While choosing the option, he has told his religious beliefs to Sarna. https://theindiantribal.com/2023/04/03/variety-tribal-india-all-about-separate-sarna-religious-code-as-demand-by-adivasis-gathers-momentum-across-states/

[townpostin]

Congress Leader Slams BJP Over UP Name Plate Controversy

Dr. Ajoy Kumar accuses BJP of ‘state-sponsored fanaticism’, predicts All India Alliance victory in Jharkhand Former MP criticizes BJP’s divisive policies, questions party’s commitment to tribal welfare and state development. JAMSHEDPUR – Former MP and senior Congress leader Dr. Ajoy Kumar launched a scathing attack on the BJP, condemning their recent actions in Uttar Pradesh and their policies in…

[nfcwproject]

Artist:  Maria Bitka, Patrik Bock, Michaël Systaime Borras, Carmel Barnea Brezner Jonas, Osmar Domingos, Diana Galimzyanova, Cola Grabarz, Małgorzata Greszta, Ben Grosser, Karl Heinz Jeron, Łukasz Horbów, Marta Kawecka, KiAy - Ayshe Kizilçay,Iza Koczanowska, Erica Lapadat-Janzen, Yvonne Libenson, April Lin,Filipe Matos, Barnaba Mikułowski aka Vaticinator, Paweł Mikułowski, Valdas Neurovirtual, Affar Oppip, Karina Pálosi, Milos Peskir, Zander Porter, Jarosław Potoczny, Miloslava S., Aleksandra Sarna, Winnie Soon, Crudo Studio, Miron Tee, Zbigniew Ugielski, Julianna Wińczyk

  It will be as "wrong" as uncommon. First embassy of “The Wrong”: "#nfcdabatthewrong" in the "CIRCLE/TRIANGLE Modern Art Gallery" in the "RECEPTION" club in Wroclaw. Embassy #nfcdabatthewrong is a combination of #nfcdab and “The Wrong”. Both of them escape categorization. “The Wrong”, as a biennial, is inappropriate and unconventional, but still "legendary". It is a new biennial of digital art artists from all over the world. The #nfcdab project, in turn, carries digital art on mobile devices and reads it from QR codes. This bizarre conglomerate of "#nfcdabatthewrong" will take place in newly created gallery "CIRCLE/TRIANGLE Modern Art Gallery" located in the club "RECEPTION" at 46C Ruska Street in Wroclaw. The date is not accidental. It is a time when contacts with curiosities through the “medium” are already a common occurrence. Project #nfcdab (Communication of the Near Field - Digital Explosion of Art) is an independent project straight from Wroclaw. “The Wrong” is as global as the Internet. The #nfcdab is more ludic, it is connected with the place, meeting people and communion with new technologies for artistic purposes. #nfcdab, as a biennial of mobile digital art, has so far conquered a number of European cities, such as Gol in Norway, Amsterdam, Valencia, Dusseldorf, Warsaw - and now it will come back to Wroclaw with a big bang! The first of a series of experimental exhibitions will start on November 1st at "CIRCLE/TRIANGLE Modern Art Gallery" in the "RECEPTION" club. The works of 33 Polish and foreign digital and Internet artists will be presented by means of artistic posters with QR codes (graphic representation of machine code) and NFC tags (system of short-range communication). The contact with the works is made possible by an electronic medium, such as a smartphone or tablet. It is enough to scan the QR code placed on the poster or bring the phone closer to an electronic chip. YOUR PHONE IS YOUR GALLERY FOR THE PRESENTED WORKS!!!!

[alwaysfirst]

Panasonic unveils 4K professional camcorders in India

Japanese tech giant Panasonic on Thursday introduced two new 4K professional camcorders, Panasonic HC-X2 and HC-X20, for the growing community of videography professionals in India. The new camcorders have integrated with 20x optical zoom, 24.5mm wide angle for both UHD and FHD, 4K high-precision AF with new face detection, and higher precision with a 1.0-type (1.0-inch) sensor. HC-X2 is priced at Rs 2,69,990 and HC-X20 will cost Rs 2,29,990. Both the models can be purchased from across all the Panasonic stores in the country. "The new models support highest quality of video production with next-generation technology, which seamlessly fits into the workflows of professional videographers", said Hardeep Sarna, Business Chief, Imaging Business Group, Panasonic Life Solutions India. In addition to a wide range of recording modes like Super Slow Motion (100/120fps) and Variable Frame Rate (2fps to 60fps), the camcorders enable 4:2:2 10-bit 4K 30p/25p internal video recording and HEVC recording for more effective storage. Furthermore, they offer various settings, good weight balancing and 4K 60p High-Efficiency Video Coding. The new camcorders come with modern features and technology to fulfill a variety of professional video production needs, including simultaneous display on the LCD monitor and EVF, Triple Manual Rings, 2-Channel XLR audio input terminals, ND filter, twin SD card slots, limitless time filming, built-in Wi-Fi, and more, according to the company. It also provides ethernet connectivity, simultaneous SDI/HDMI output, HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma) and 13-stop V-log recording for generating 4K HDR content, as well as HD live streaming capability via a variety of streaming protocols. Read the full article

[technuter]

Panasonic introduces new professional camcorders for seamless video creation

 Panasonic introduces two new 4K professional camcorders, Panasonic HC-X2 and HC-X20 for the growing community of videography specialists in India. Integrated with 20x optical zoom, 24.5mm wide angle for both UHD and FHD, 4K high-precision AF with new face detection, and higher precision with a 1.0-Type (1.0-inch) sensor, the new versatile camcorders offer enhanced video performance and expandability. The range comprises of two models of camcorders - HC-X2 priced at INR 2,69,990 and HC-X20 at INR 2,29,990, both models are available across all Panasonic brand shops in India.

Hardeep Sarna, Business Chief, Imaging Business Group, Panasonic Life Solutions India said, “Panasonic has strengthened its professional offerings in line with user needs with the launch of HC-X2 and HC-X20 camcorders. The new models support highest quality of video production with next-generation technology, which seamlessly fits into the workflows of professional videographers. These easy-to-use and balance camcorders are ideal for film-making, wedding and event coverage, news organizations, for live streaming purposes as it is loaded with rich features and superior performance that is demanded by professionals today.” The camcorders support 4:2:2 10-bit 4K 30p/25p internal video recording, an extensive variety of recording formats including Super Slow Motion (100/120fps) and Variable Frame Rate (2fps to 60fps), and HEVC recording for more efficient storage. Further, it also delivers 4K 60p High-Efficiency Video Coding along with versatile modes and excellent weight balance. Packed with technology and numerous features such as simultaneous display on the LCD monitor and EVF, Triple Manual Rings, 2-Channel XLR audio input terminals, ND filter, dual SD card slots, unlimited time shooting, built-in Wi-Fi, and more to meet various needs in the professional video production field. In addition, the new designs also have wireless connectivity built in. The camcorder can also be accessed remotely from HC-ROP application to control functions like record start, stop record mode, and frame rate. The HC-X2, a higher end model, additionally offers HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma) and 13-stop V-log recording for creating 4K HDR content, as well as Ethernet connectivity and simultaneous SDI/HDMI output and HD live streaming capabilities via a range of streaming protocols.  HC-X2 and HC-X20 are the ideal offerings for professionals looking for new-age innovations that meet diverse requirements for videography. Designed with consistent results, HC-X2 and HC-X20 offer simplicity and flexibility with all the desired professional inputs and outputs. Detailed Features Remarkable Optical Performance for Precise Shooting The integrated lens offers a remarkably powerful, optical 20x zoom that ranges from 24.5mm* wide angle to 490mm equivalent The 4-Drive Lens System drives the four lens groups independently, thus achieving the optical 20x zoom and compact body size High-speed, High-precision AF Including Face Detection AF/AE Superior focusing speed, stability, and tracking performance for both 4K and Full-HD Face Detection AF/AE provides precise focusing and sufficient exposure for subjects. Subject tracking with color recognition can be activated by just touching the LCD panel enabling precise tracking High-sensitivity 1.0-type (1.0-inch) 4K Sensor for Superb Image Quality The 1.0-type (1.0-inch) MOS sensor (approximately 15.03 effective megapixels) is capable of recording at UHD (3840 x 2160) without cropping and offers a moderate depth of field and an excellent balance between image quality and sensitivity. High-Quality Recording with Versatile Modes The camcorders support a variety of bit rates and formats to meet professional needs Internal recording of UHD up to 29.98p/25p and FHD up to 59.94p/50p in 4:2:2 10-bit high quality is now possible When set for 10-bit recording, the camcorder delivers 4K 60p/50p 4:2:2 10-bit HDMI output, enabling high image quality capture with an external recorder Super Slow Motion and 4K(UHD) VFR (2 to 60/50 fps) The Super Slow Motion function records HD images at a high speed of 120 fps (59.94 Hz)/100 fps (50 Hz) to provide a slow-motion effect The HC-X2/X20 is also equipped with a 4K(UHD)VFR (variable frame rate) recording function that allows the change of frame rate from 2 to 60/50 fps This lets the user produce creative and expressive videos using techniques such as overcranking for a slow-motion effect and undercranking for a quick-motion effect Functions and Designs The 3.5-inch LCD monitor has a high resolution of approximately 2,760k dots and realizes excellent visibility even in bright sunlight with twice the brightness compared to the previous model The electrostatic touch panel also improves operability when selecting menus To support fast, accurate manual focusing, Focus Assist functions are equipped, including Expand, Peaking, and Area Mode Commercially available IR lights for shooting in even darker conditions The lens barrel features Triple Manual Rings for zoom, focus, and iris operations There are a total of 14 User buttons, nine on the body and five on the LCD touch panel for desired functions Double SD Card Slot Simultaneous Recording: Identical data is recorded onto cards in both slots in this highly redundant recording mode Background Recording: One SD card can be set in slot 2 to record continuously, and another SD card can be set in slot 1 to record necessary scenes by turning REC on and off Camera Image Adjustment Functions 16-Axis Independent Color Correction Function: Allows color matching of multiple cameras under the same lighting condition as well as creative image rendering Soft Skin: Makes skin colors appear soft and more beautiful, especially when recording the person up close Master Detail: Adjusts the overall degree of contour enhancement Scene File: Six sets of image quality settings are preset in scene files. Parameters in each set can be changed flexibly. One set can be saved in the main unit, and up to eight sets can be stored on an SD memory card 8-Mode Gamma: Gamma setting can be selected from seven modes including two types of CINE-LIKE gamma. This allows the user to achieve the most suitable gradation according to the specific video production need Read the full article

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Putting the Talmud online

Sefaria is a free online resource for Jewish texts, specifically the Talmud, which (amazingly) wasn't previously easily available online. This Washington Post article describes the effort behind getting the texts and their translations up and on the web.

The Talmud is notoriously hard to follow, even if you understand Aramaic. For most readers, a straight translation will not be useful, as additional, contextualizing information, based on expertise with the tradition and text, is necessary to follow the arguments.

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz created one of the three seminal works in this regard, but it was under copyright and being published by Koren Publishers.

After a prolonged negotiation process, and a substantial gift from the William Davidson Foundation, Sefaria was able to secure the copyright. Then, they ceded their rights and made it available free to the public, a move common to nature conservancies but vanishingly rare in the publishing world, since copyright and exclusivity are major guarantors of revenue.

"Sefaria argues that these texts are our collective heritage; therefore they should be available to everyone for free," Sarna said.

"You have access to something that Jews, for hundreds of years did not, whether it was banned, or they didn't understand, or they couldn't buy books," said Rabbi Levitansky.

Making the texts available in digital form, for free, enables a lot of new use cases for the Talmud, from using code to find "fuzzy links" between different bits of the texts, to democratizing the audience. Younger, less observant readers now have access to a wider range of textual material and discussion than they did before. The text also serves as a discussion platform: its most-viewed "source sheet" is called "Is One Permitted to Punch a White Supremacist in the Face?"

I don't know whether, as Joshua Foer has it, a digital version of the Talmud is an "advance akin to the writing down of the oral tradition after the fall of the Second Temple in A.D. 70 and the advent of the printing press." It is, however, a very welcome transformation of a text that's accustomed to great transformations.

And it also gets back to something I remember from the great In Our Time episode on the Talmud: that Talmud isn't a book you read so much as a thing you do -- or as Foer says, a "giant, unending conversation that spans millennia, continents, and is very much still going on to this day."

[vikashdemta]

Communists toying

Ranchi, India, 24 December, The Communist Party of India (ML), and the ‘Adivasi Sangarsh Morcha’ have demanded a separate religious code for the ‘Sarna’ tribals’. ‘There should be a provision for this in the coming census,’ in a press release and to the state Governor they informed. The party said that they opposed the Saffronization of the tribal religious belief. The issue has been long…

[theindiantribal]

What is Sarna and Why Has There Been a Demand to Make it a Religion? - The Indian Tribal

The religious faith of the indigenous or native or tribal people, mainly the Scheduled Tribes, is called Sarna. The demand for Sarna Dharma Samhita is mainly arising because the tribal communities make it clear that they are not Hindus. Also, several tribal organizations claim that more than 49.57 lakh people living in 29 states and union territories across the country have mentioned 'other' instead of mentioning any particular religion in the religion column during the 2011 census. While choosing the option, he has told his religious beliefs to Sarna. https://theindiantribal.com/2023/04/03/variety-tribal-india-all-about-separate-sarna-religious-code-as-demand-by-adivasis-gathers-momentum-across-states/

[townpostin]

Singhbhum MP Joba Manjhi Makes Impactful Lok Sabha Debut

Calls For Sarna Dharma Code And Special Development Package For Jharkhand First-time legislator addresses state’s economic disparities and need for equitable resource distribution. CHAIBASA – Singhbhum MP Joba Manjhi made a strong first impression in the Lok Sabha, using her inaugural speech to advocate for key issues affecting Jharkhand. "Implementing the Sarna Dharma Code is crucial for…