Darfur and religion:

After the Shoah, or Holocaust, most of the world said, "Never again." But, of course, genocide has happened several times since then and is happening now in Darfur. For a news story about what's happening there, click here. It should be no surprise that American Jews are a leading voice against the violence in that section of Sudan and are prime movers behind an April 30 rally on this issue on the national mall in Washington, D.C. For background on the issue from the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, click here. For information on the rally itself, click here.

It's amazing to me how American religious institutions have been so quiet about Darfur. I know the Pope has spoken about it quite a bit, but in America, that doesn't seem to concern too many religious people.

It's entirely possible I'm just out of the loop, but until this article talking about Jewish involvement, I haven't heard much about this terrible situation. I wonder why that is.