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Sharon Brous: It's time to reclaim religion
Sharon Brous: Čas je, da si zopet prilastimo religijo in jo na novo izumimo
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V trenutku, ko se ti zdi, da nimaš nadzora nad svetom, se morda religija zdi nepomembna - ali celo kot del problema. A rabinka Sharon Brous verjame, da lahko religijo na novo izumimo, da bo zadostila potrebam modernega življenja.
V tem strastnem govoru Brous deli z nami štiri principe revitalizirane religije - in nam ponudi vero vseh vrst kot upanja polno alternativo ohromljujoči realnosti nasilja, ekstremizma in pesimizma.
Sharon Brous - Rabbi
Rabbi Sharon Brous is a leading voice in reanimating religious life in America, working to develop a spiritual roadmap for soulful, multi-faith justice work. Full bio
Rabbi Sharon Brous is a leading voice in reanimating religious life in America, working to develop a spiritual roadmap for soulful, multi-faith justice work. Full bio
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00:12
I was a new mother
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Bila sem mlada mamica,
00:15
and a young rabbi
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in mlada rabinka
00:16
in the spring of 2004
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spomladi leta 2004
00:18
and the world was in shambles.
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in svet je bil v razsulu.
00:21
Maybe you remember.
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Morda se spomnite.
00:22
Every day, we heard devastating reports
from the war in Iraq.
from the war in Iraq.
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Vsak dan smo slišali
grozna poročila iz vojne v Iraku.
grozna poročila iz vojne v Iraku.
00:25
There were waves of terror
rolling across the globe.
rolling across the globe.
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Po celem svetu
so se širili valovi terorja.
so se širili valovi terorja.
00:29
It seemed like humanity
was spinning out of control.
was spinning out of control.
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Zdelo se je, kot da človeštvo
uhaja izpod nadzora.
uhaja izpod nadzora.
00:33
I remember the night that I read
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Spominjam se noči, ko sem brala
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about the series of coordinated bombings
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o seriji koordiniranih bombnih napadov
00:37
in the subway system in Madrid,
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na podzemni železnici v Madridu,
00:39
and I got up and I walked over to the crib
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in vstala sem in šla do zibke,
00:41
where my six-month-old baby girl
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kjer je moja šest mesečna dojenčica
00:44
lay sleeping sweetly,
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sladko spala,
00:46
and I heard the rhythm of her breath,
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in slišala sem ritem njenega dihanja,
00:48
and I felt this sense of urgency
coursing through my body.
coursing through my body.
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in čutila sem občutek
nujnosti, kako mi teče skozi telo.
nujnosti, kako mi teče skozi telo.
00:52
We were living through a time
of tectonic shifts in ideologies,
of tectonic shifts in ideologies,
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Živeli smo v času
tektonskih premikov v ideologijah,
tektonskih premikov v ideologijah,
00:56
in politics, in religion, in populations.
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v politiki, v religiji, v populacijah.
00:58
Everything felt so precarious.
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Vse se je zdelo tako nestabilno.
01:01
And I remember thinking,
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In pomislila sem:
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"My God, what kind of world
did we bring this child into?
did we bring this child into?
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"Moj Bog, v kakšen svet
sva prinesla tega otroka?"
sva prinesla tega otroka?"
01:06
And what was I as a mother
and a religious leader
and a religious leader
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In kaj sem bila kot mama in verski vodja
01:10
willing to do about it?
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pripravljena storiti glede tega?
01:14
Of course, I knew it was clear
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Seveda mi je bilo jasno,
01:17
that religion would be
a principle battlefield
a principle battlefield
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da bo religija glavno bojišče,
01:20
in this rapidly changing landscape,
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v tej hitro spreminjajoči se pokrajini,
01:23
and it was already clear
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in že je bilo jasno,
01:24
that religion was a significant
part of the problem.
part of the problem.
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da je bila religija velik del problema.
01:28
The question for me was,
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Zame je bilo vprašanje,
01:29
could religion
also be part of the solution?
also be part of the solution?
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bi bila lahko religija tudi del rešitve?
01:32
Now, throughout history,
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Skozi zgodovino,
01:34
people have committed
horrible crimes and atrocities
horrible crimes and atrocities
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so ljudje storili hude zločine
in grozodejstva
in grozodejstva
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in the name of religion.
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v imenu religije.
01:40
And as we entered the 21st century,
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In ko smo vstopili v 21. stoletje,
01:42
it was very clear that religious extremism
was once again on the rise.
was once again on the rise.
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je bilo jasno, da je verski ekstremizem
zopet v porastu.
zopet v porastu.
01:47
Our studies now show
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Naše študije kažejo,
01:49
that over the course
of the past 15, 20 years,
of the past 15, 20 years,
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da je v zadnjih 15, 20 letih
01:52
hostilities and religion-related violence
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število sovražnih dejanj
in verskega nasilja
in verskega nasilja
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have been on the increase
all over the world.
all over the world.
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naraslo po vsem svetu.
01:57
But we don't even need
the studies to prove it,
the studies to prove it,
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Ampak za to sploh ne potrebujemo študij,
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because I ask you,
how many of us are surprised today
how many of us are surprised today
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ker če vas vprašam, koliko
vas je dandanes presenečenih,
vas je dandanes presenečenih,
02:02
when we hear the stories
of a bombing or a shooting,
of a bombing or a shooting,
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ko slišite novice
o bombardiranju ali streljanju,
o bombardiranju ali streljanju,
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when we later find out
that the last word that was uttered
that the last word that was uttered
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in ko kasneje izvemo,
da je bila zadnja beseda
da je bila zadnja beseda
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before the trigger is pulled
or the bomb is detonated
or the bomb is detonated
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pred pritiskom na sprožilec
ali detonacijo bombe,
ali detonacijo bombe,
02:12
is the name of God?
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ime Boga?
02:14
It barely raises an eyebrow today
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Komaj še vzbudi začudenje,
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when we learn that yet another person
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ko izvemo, da se je nekdo spet
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has decided to show his love of God
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odločil, da dokaže svojo
ljubezen do Boga s tem,
ljubezen do Boga s tem,
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by taking the lives of God's children.
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da vzame življenja Božjih otrok.
02:24
In America, religious extremism
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V Ameriki je verski ekstremizem
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looks like a white,
antiabortion Christian extremist
antiabortion Christian extremist
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v podobi belega krščanskega ekstremista,
ki nasprotuje splavu,
ki nasprotuje splavu,
ki vstopi v Planned Parenthood
(Načrtovanje družine) v Colorado Springsu
(Načrtovanje družine) v Colorado Springsu
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walking into Planned Parenthood
in Colorado Springs
in Colorado Springs
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02:34
and murdering three people.
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in ubije tri ljudi.
02:36
It also looks like a couple
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Prav tako je to par,
02:39
inspired by the Islamic State
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ki ga navdahne islamska država,
02:40
walking into an office party
in San Bernardino and killing 14.
in San Bernardino and killing 14.
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gre na službeno zabavo
v San Bernardinu in jih ubije 14.
v San Bernardinu in jih ubije 14.
02:45
And even when religion-related extremism
does not lead to violence,
does not lead to violence,
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In celo, ko verski ekstremizem
ne vodi v nasilje,
ne vodi v nasilje,
02:50
it is still used
as a political wedge issue,
as a political wedge issue,
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je še vedno uporabljen
kot politični način,
kot politični način,
02:53
cynically leading people
to justify the subordination of women,
to justify the subordination of women,
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ki cinično vodi ljudi, da opravičujejo
podrejenost žensk,
podrejenost žensk,
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the stigmatization of LGBT people,
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stigmatizacijo LGBT ljudi,
03:00
racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism.
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rasizem, islamofobijo in antisemitizem.
03:04
This ought to concern deeply
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To bi moralo zelo skrbeti tiste,
03:06
those of us who care
about the future of religion
about the future of religion
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ki nam je mar za prihodnost religije
03:09
and the future of faith.
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in prihodnost vere.
03:11
We need to call this what it is:
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Moramo reči bobu bob:
03:14
a great failure of religion.
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to je velik neuspeh religije.
03:17
But the thing is, this isn't even the only
challenge that religion faces today.
challenge that religion faces today.
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Ampak to niti ni edini izziv,
s katerim se religija spopada danes.
s katerim se religija spopada danes.
03:24
At the very same time
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Obenem, ko potrebujemo
03:25
that we need religion
to be a strong force against extremism,
to be a strong force against extremism,
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religijo kot močno silo proti ekstremizmu,
03:29
it is suffering
from a second pernicious trend,
from a second pernicious trend,
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pa hkrati trpi za
še drugim škodljivim trendom,
še drugim škodljivim trendom,
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what I call religious routine-ism.
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ki mu jaz pravim verski rutinizem.
03:35
This is when our institutions
and our leaders
and our leaders
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To je, ko so naše institucije
in naši voditelji
in naši voditelji
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are stuck in a paradigm
that is rote and perfunctory,
that is rote and perfunctory,
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zataknjeni v paradigmi,
ki je naučena in enolična,
ki je naučena in enolična,
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devoid of life, devoid of vision
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brez življenja, brez vizije,
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and devoid of soul.
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in brez duše.
03:46
Let me explain what I mean like this.
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Naj razložim, kaj mislim s tem.
03:48
One of the great blessings
of being a rabbi
of being a rabbi
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Eden izmed največjih blagoslovov
tega, da sem rabinka,
tega, da sem rabinka,
03:51
is standing under the chuppah,
under the wedding canopy, with a couple,
under the wedding canopy, with a couple,
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je stati pod belim ogrinjalom, s parom,
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and helping them proclaim publicly
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in jima pomagam javno razglasiti
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and make holy the love
that they found for one another.
that they found for one another.
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ljubezen, ki sta jo našla
drug v drugem, in jo blagosloviti.
drug v drugem, in jo blagosloviti.
04:01
I want to ask you now, though,
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Sedaj pa vas naprošam,
04:03
to think maybe from your own experience
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da si zamislite, iz lastnih izkušenj,
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or maybe just imagine it
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ali pa si samo predstavljate
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about the difference
between the intensity of the experience
between the intensity of the experience
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razliko v intenziteti izkušnje
04:10
under the wedding canopy,
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pod belim poročnim ogrinjalom,
04:11
and maybe the experience
of the sixth or seventh anniversary.
of the sixth or seventh anniversary.
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in morda izkušnjo šeste
ali sedme obletnice.
ali sedme obletnice.
04:15
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
04:17
And if you're lucky enough
to make it 16 or 17 years,
to make it 16 or 17 years,
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In če imate srečo,
da pridete do 16. ali 17. leta,
da pridete do 16. ali 17. leta,
04:21
if you're like most people,
you probably wake up in the morning
you probably wake up in the morning
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če ste taki kot večina,
se zjutraj zbudite,
se zjutraj zbudite,
ugotovite, da ste pozabili rezervirati
mizo v vaši najljubši restavraciji,
mizo v vaši najljubši restavraciji,
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realizing that you forgot to make
a reservation at your favorite restaurant
a reservation at your favorite restaurant
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pozabili ste tudi na čestitko
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and you forgot so much as a card,
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in tako samo še molite
in upate, da je pozabil tudi partner.
in upate, da je pozabil tudi partner.
04:29
and then you just hope and pray
that your partner also forgot.
that your partner also forgot.
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04:33
Well, religious ritual and rites
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No, verski rituali in obredi
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were essentially designed
to serve the function of the anniversary,
to serve the function of the anniversary,
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so bili sprva zasnovani,
da služijo kot obletnica,
da služijo kot obletnica,
04:40
to be a container in which
we would hold on to the remnants
we would hold on to the remnants
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kot posoda, v katerem shranimo ostanke
04:44
of that sacred, revelatory encounter
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tistega svetega, srečanja spoznanja,
04:47
that birthed the religion
in the first place.
in the first place.
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ki je religijo sploh začelo.
04:49
The problem is that after a few centuries,
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Problem pa je, da po nekaj stoletjih,
04:51
the date remains on the calendar,
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datum ostaja označen,
04:54
but the love affair is long dead.
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a ljubezen je že dolgo mrtva.
04:57
That's when we find ourselves
in endless, mindless repetitions
in endless, mindless repetitions
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Takrat se znajdemo v neskončnih,
brezumnih ponovitvah
brezumnih ponovitvah
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of words that don't mean anything to us,
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besed, ki nam nič ne pomenijo,
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rising and being seated
because someone has asked us to,
because someone has asked us to,
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vstajamo in sedamo,
ker nas je nekdo tako prosil,
ker nas je nekdo tako prosil,
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holding onto jealously guarded doctrine
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se oklepamo ljubosumno
zastražene doktrine,
zastražene doktrine,
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that's completely and wildly out of step
with our contemporary reality,
with our contemporary reality,
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ki je popolnoma in neverjetno
nepovezana z današnjo realnostjo,
nepovezana z današnjo realnostjo,
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engaging in perfunctory practice
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ukvarjanje s površno prakso
05:17
simply because that's the way
things have always been done.
things have always been done.
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preprosto zato, ker smo
stvari vedno počeli tako.
stvari vedno počeli tako.
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Religion is waning in the United States.
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Religija upada
v Združenih državah Amerike.
v Združenih državah Amerike.
05:25
Across the board,
churches and synagogues and mosques
churches and synagogues and mosques
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Vsepovsod se v cerkvah,
sinagogah in mošejah
sinagogah in mošejah
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are all complaining
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pritožujejo,
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about how hard it is to maintain relevance
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kako težko ohranjajo pomembnost
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for a generation of young people
who seem completely uninterested,
who seem completely uninterested,
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pri generacijah mladih ljudi, ki se
zdijo popolnoma nezainteresirani,
zdijo popolnoma nezainteresirani,
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not only in the institutions
that stand at the heart of our traditions
that stand at the heart of our traditions
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ne samo v institucije,
ki stojijo v srcu naših tradicij,
ki stojijo v srcu naših tradicij,
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but even in religion itself.
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ampak celo v religijo samo.
05:46
And what they need to understand
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In razumeti morajo,
05:49
is that there is today
a generation of people
a generation of people
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da je danes tu generacija ljudi,
05:52
who are as disgusted by the violence
of religious extremism
of religious extremism
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ki se ji nasilje verskega ekstremizma
gnusi prav tako,
gnusi prav tako,
05:55
as they are turned off
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kot jih odbija
05:57
by the lifelessness
of religious routine-ism.
of religious routine-ism.
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mrtvilo verskega rutinizma.
06:02
Of course there is
a bright spot to this story.
a bright spot to this story.
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Seveda je tudi svetla stran v tej zgodbi.
06:06
Given the crisis of these two
concurrent trends in religious life,
concurrent trends in religious life,
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Zaradi krize teh dveh
sočasnih trendov v verskem življenju,
sočasnih trendov v verskem življenju,
06:11
about 12 or 13 years ago,
I set out to try to determine
I set out to try to determine
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sem se kakšnih
12 ali 13 let nazaj odločila ugotoviti,
12 ali 13 let nazaj odločila ugotoviti,
06:15
if there was any way
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če obstaja način,
06:16
that I could reclaim the heart
of my own Jewish tradition,
of my own Jewish tradition,
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da spet prevzamem srce
lastnih judovskih tradicij,
lastnih judovskih tradicij,
06:20
to help make it meaningful
and purposeful again
and purposeful again
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da bodo spet imela smisel in namen
06:23
in a world on fire.
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v tem svetu v plamenih.
06:25
I started to wonder,
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Začela sem se spraševati,
06:26
what if we could harness
some of the great minds of our generation
some of the great minds of our generation
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če bi lahko uporabili nekaj
velikih umov naše generacije,
velikih umov naše generacije,
06:31
and think in a bold and robust
and imaginative way again
and imaginative way again
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in na drzen in robusten
in izviren način zopet premislili,
in izviren način zopet premislili,
06:35
about what the next iteration
of religious life would look like?
of religious life would look like?
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kako bo izgledala naslednja
ponovitev verskega življenja.
ponovitev verskega življenja.
06:38
Now, we had no money,
no space, no game plan,
no space, no game plan,
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Nismo imeli denarja,
ne prostora, ne načrta,
ne prostora, ne načrta,
imeli pa smo elektronsko pošto.
06:41
but we did have email.
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06:42
So my friend Melissa and I
sat down and we wrote an email
sat down and we wrote an email
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Z mojo prijateljico Meliso
sva se usedli in napisali e-pošto,
sva se usedli in napisali e-pošto,
06:46
which we sent out
to a few friends and colleagues.
to a few friends and colleagues.
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ki sva jo poslali nekaj
prijateljem in kolegom.
prijateljem in kolegom.
06:49
It basically said this:
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Pisalo je nekaj takega:
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"Before you bail on religion,
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"Preden se odpoveste religiji,
06:54
why don't we come together
this Friday night
this Friday night
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zakaj se ne bi dobili ta petek zvečer
06:56
and see what we might make
of our own Jewish inheritance?"
of our own Jewish inheritance?"
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in videli, kaj lahko naredimo
z našo judovsko dediščino?"
z našo judovsko dediščino?"
07:01
We hoped maybe 20 people would show up.
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Upali sva, da bo morda prišlo 20 ljudi.
07:03
It turned out 135 people came.
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Prišlo jih je 135.
07:07
They were cynics and seekers,
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Bili so ciniki in iskalci,
07:09
atheists and rabbis.
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ateisti in rabini.
07:11
Many people said that night
that it was the first time
that it was the first time
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Veliko jih je tisto noč reklo,
da je bilo to prvič,
da je bilo to prvič,
07:13
that they had a meaningful religious
experience in their entire lives.
experience in their entire lives.
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da so imeli smiselno versko
izkušnjo v celem življenju.
izkušnjo v celem življenju.
07:18
And so I set out to do the only
rational thing
rational thing
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In zato sem se odločila
za edino smiselno stvar,
za edino smiselno stvar,
07:20
that someone would do
in such a circumstance:
in such a circumstance:
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ki bi jo nekdo v teh okoliščinah storil:
07:22
I quit my job and tried to build
this audacious dream,
this audacious dream,
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pustila sem službo in poskušala
zgraditi te predrzne sanje,
zgraditi te predrzne sanje,
07:27
a reinvented, rethought religious life
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na novo izumljenega, na novo
premišljenega verskega življenja,
premišljenega verskega življenja,
07:31
which we called "IKAR,"
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ki smo mu rekli "IKAR,"
07:33
which means "the essence"
or "the heart of the matter."
or "the heart of the matter."
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kar pomeni "esenca" ali " bistvo svari."
07:36
Now, IKAR is not alone
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IKAR ni sam
07:39
out there in the religious
landscape today.
landscape today.
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v današnji religiozni pokrajini.
07:41
There are Jewish and Christian
and Muslim and Catholic religious leaders,
and Muslim and Catholic religious leaders,
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Tu so judovski, krščanski,
muslimanski in katoliški verski voditelji,
muslimanski in katoliški verski voditelji,
07:45
many of them women, by the way,
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mnogi izmed njih ženske, mimogrede,
07:47
who have set out to reclaim
the heart of our traditions,
the heart of our traditions,
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ki so se odločili, da si ponovno
prilastijo srce svojih tradicij,
prilastijo srce svojih tradicij,
07:51
who firmly believe that now is the time
for religion to be part of the solution.
for religion to be part of the solution.
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ki trdno verjamejo, da je čas,
da religija postane del rešitve.
da religija postane del rešitve.
07:57
We are going back
into our sacred traditions
into our sacred traditions
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Vračamo se k našim svetim tradicijam
08:00
and recognizing that all of our traditions
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in prepoznavamo,
da imajo vse naše tradicije
da imajo vse naše tradicije
08:02
contain the raw material
to justify violence and extremism,
to justify violence and extremism,
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v sebi surov material, s katerim lahko
opravičujemo nasilje in ekstremizem,
opravičujemo nasilje in ekstremizem,
08:07
and also contain the raw material
to justify compassion,
to justify compassion,
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in prav tako vsebujejo surov material
za opravičevanje sočutja,
za opravičevanje sočutja,
08:12
coexistence and kindness --
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sobivanja in prijaznosti -
08:14
that when others choose to read our texts
as directives for hate and vengeance,
as directives for hate and vengeance,
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ko se drugi odločijo brati naše tekste
kot navodila za sovraštvo in maščevanje,
kot navodila za sovraštvo in maščevanje,
08:19
we can choose to read those same texts
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mi lahko izberemo,
da bomo te iste tekste brali
da bomo te iste tekste brali
08:21
as directives for love
and for forgiveness.
and for forgiveness.
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kot navodila za ljubezen in odpuščanje.
08:26
I have found now
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Sedaj vidim,
08:27
in communities as varied
as Jewish indie start-ups on the coasts
as Jewish indie start-ups on the coasts
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v tako raznolikih skupnostih,
kot so judovski indie start-upi na obali,
kot so judovski indie start-upi na obali,
08:32
to a woman's mosque,
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ženska mošeja,
08:34
to black churches
in New York and in North Carolina,
in New York and in North Carolina,
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temnopolta cerkev v New Yorku
in Severni Karolini,
in Severni Karolini,
08:38
to a holy bus loaded with nuns
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sveti avtobus poln nun,
08:40
that traverses this country
with a message of justice and peace,
with a message of justice and peace,
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ki se vozi po tej deželi
s sporočilom o pravici in miru,
s sporočilom o pravici in miru,
08:45
that there is a shared religious ethos
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da je tu skupni religijski etos,
08:47
that is now emerging in the form
of revitalized religion in this country.
of revitalized religion in this country.
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ki se sedaj pojavlja v obliki
revitalizirane religije v tej državi.
revitalizirane religije v tej državi.
08:53
And while the theologies
and the practices vary very much
and the practices vary very much
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Čeprav se teologije in prakse
med seboj zelo razlikujejo
med seboj zelo razlikujejo
08:57
between these independent communities,
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med temi neodvisnimi skupnostmi,
09:00
what we can see are some common,
consistent threads between them.
consistent threads between them.
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lahko vidimo skupno nit med njimi.
09:03
I'm going to share with you
four of those commitments now.
four of those commitments now.
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Z vami bom sedaj delila
štiri izmed teh zavez.
štiri izmed teh zavez.
09:07
The first is wakefulness.
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Prva je čuječnost.
09:10
We live in a time today
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Živimo v času,
09:11
in which we have unprecedented access
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ko imamo dostop brez primere
09:14
to information about every global tragedy
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do informacij o vsaki globalni tragediji,
09:17
that happens on every corner
of this Earth.
of this Earth.
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ki se zgodi na kateremkoli koncu sveta.
09:19
Within 12 hours, 20 million people
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V 12 urah je 20 milijonov ljudi
09:22
saw that image
of Aylan Kurdi's little body
of Aylan Kurdi's little body
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videlo sliko telesa Aylana Kurdija,
09:25
washed up on the Turkish shore.
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ki ga je naplavilo na turško obalo.
09:27
We all saw this picture.
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Vsi smo videli to sliko.
09:30
We saw this picture
of a five-year-old child
of a five-year-old child
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Videli smo sliko tega petletnega otroka,
09:33
pulled out of the rubble
of his building in Aleppo.
of his building in Aleppo.
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ki so ga potegnili
iz ruševin stavbe v Alepu.
iz ruševin stavbe v Alepu.
09:37
And once we see these images,
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Ko vidimo te slike,
09:39
we are called to a certain kind of action.
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smo poklicani k akciji.
09:42
My tradition tells a story
of a traveler who is walking down a road
of a traveler who is walking down a road
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Moja tradicija pripoveduje
zgodbo popotnika, ki potuje po cesti
zgodbo popotnika, ki potuje po cesti
09:46
when he sees a beautiful house on fire,
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in vidi prelepo hišo v plamenih
09:50
and he says, "How can it be
that something so beautiful would burn,
that something so beautiful would burn,
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in reče: "Kako lahko nekaj
tako lepega gori
tako lepega gori
09:54
and nobody seems to even care?"
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in se zdi, da ni nikomur mar?"
09:56
So too we learn that our world is on fire,
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Tudi mi vidimo, da naš svet gori
09:59
and it is our job to keep our hearts
and our eyes open,
and our eyes open,
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in naša naloga je,
da imamo odprta srca in oči,
da imamo odprta srca in oči,
10:03
and to recognize
that it's our responsibility
that it's our responsibility
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da prepoznamo, da je naša odgovornost
10:06
to help put out the flames.
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pogasiti te plamene.
10:08
This is extremely difficult to do.
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To je izredno težko.
10:10
Psychologists tell us that the more
we learn about what's broken in our world,
we learn about what's broken in our world,
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Psihologi nam pravijo, da več kot vemo
o tem, koliko stvari je na svetu narobe,
o tem, koliko stvari je na svetu narobe,
10:14
the less likely we are to do anything.
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manj verjetno je, da bomo
kaj ukrenili glede tega.
kaj ukrenili glede tega.
10:16
It's called psychic numbing.
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Temu pravimo psihična otopelost.
10:18
We just shut down at a certain point.
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Na neki točki se enostavno izklopimo.
10:21
Well, somewhere along the way,
our religious leaders forgot
our religious leaders forgot
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No, na neki točki
so naši verski voditelji pozabili,
so naši verski voditelji pozabili,
10:25
that it's our job
to make people uncomfortable.
to make people uncomfortable.
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da je naša naloga,
da je ljudem neprijetno.
da je ljudem neprijetno.
10:28
It's our job to wake people up,
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Naša naloga je, da zbudimo ljudi,
10:31
to pull them out of their apathy
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da jih izvlečemo iz apatije
10:33
and into the anguish,
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in v trpljenje,
10:34
and to insist that we do
what we don't want to do
what we don't want to do
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in vztrajamo, da naredimo
tisto česar nočemo
tisto česar nočemo
10:38
and see what we do not want to see.
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in vidimo tisto, česar nočemo.
10:41
Because we know
that social change only happens --
that social change only happens --
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Zato ker vemo, da se družbene
spremembe zgodijo -
spremembe zgodijo -
10:43
(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
10:44
when we are awake enough
to see that the house is on fire.
to see that the house is on fire.
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le takrat, ko smo dovolj čuječi,
da opazimo gorečo hišo.
da opazimo gorečo hišo.
10:49
The second principle is hope,
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Drugi princip je upanje,
10:51
and I want to say this about hope.
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in o upanju želim reči to.
10:53
Hope is not naive,
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Upanje ni naivno
10:55
and hope is not an opiate.
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in upanje ni opij.
10:57
Hope may be the single
greatest act of defiance
greatest act of defiance
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Upanje je morda najboljše dejanje upora
11:01
against a politics of pessimism
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proti politiki pesimizma
11:03
and against a culture of despair.
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in proti kulturi obupa.
11:06
Because what hope does for us
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Kaj upanje naredi, je,
11:08
is it lifts us out of the container
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da nas dvigne iz tega prostora,
11:11
that holds us and constrains us
from the outside,
from the outside,
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ki nas drži in obdaja od zunaj,
11:14
and says, "You can dream
and think expansively again.
and think expansively again.
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in pravi: "Spet lahko sanjaš
in misliš razsežno.
in misliš razsežno.
11:18
That they cannot control in you."
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Tega v tebi ne morejo nadzorovati."
Videla sem, kako se je upanje
manifestiralo v afriško-ameriški cerkvi,
manifestiralo v afriško-ameriški cerkvi,
11:21
I saw hope made manifest
in an African-American church
in an African-American church
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11:24
in the South Side of Chicago this summer,
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na južni strani Chicaga to poletje,
11:27
where I brought my little girl,
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kamor sem pripeljala svojo punčko,
11:29
who is now 13
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ki ima danes 13 let
11:30
and a few inches taller than me,
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in je že višja od mene,
11:32
to hear my friend Rev. Otis Moss preach.
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da je slišala mojega prijatelja,
častitega Otis Mossa pridigati.
častitega Otis Mossa pridigati.
11:35
That summer, there had already been
3,000 people shot
3,000 people shot
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Tisto poletje je bilo
ustreljenih že 3.000 ljudi
ustreljenih že 3.000 ljudi
11:41
between January and July in Chicago.
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med januarjem in julijem v Chicagu.
11:45
We went into that church
and heard Rev. Moss preach,
and heard Rev. Moss preach,
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Šli sva v to cerkev in poslušali
častitega Mossa pridigati,
častitega Mossa pridigati,
11:48
and after he did,
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in potem ko je končal,
11:50
this choir of gorgeous women,
100 women strong,
100 women strong,
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je zbor prelepih žensk, 100 žensk,
11:54
stood up and began to sing.
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vstal in začel peti.
11:57
"I need you. You need me.
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"Jaz rabim tebe. Ti rabiš mene.
12:00
I love you. I need you to survive."
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Rad te imam. Potrebujem te, da preživim."
12:03
And I realized in that moment
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In v tistem trenutku sem spoznala,
12:05
that this is what religion
is supposed to be about.
is supposed to be about.
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da je to smisel religije.
12:09
It's supposed to be about
giving people back a sense of purpose,
giving people back a sense of purpose,
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Smisel je, da ljudem vrne občutek smisla,
12:13
a sense of hope,
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občutek upanja,
12:15
a sense that they and their dreams
fundamentally matter in this world
fundamentally matter in this world
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občutek, da oni in njihove sanje
nekaj pomenijo v tem svetu,
nekaj pomenijo v tem svetu,
12:20
that tells them
that they don't matter at all.
that they don't matter at all.
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ki jim pravi, da so nepomembni.
12:23
The third principle
is the principle of mightiness.
is the principle of mightiness.
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Tretji princip je princip mogočnosti.
12:26
There's a rabbinic tradition
that we are to walk around
that we are to walk around
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Tradicija rabinov je, da hodimo okrog
12:29
with two slips of paper in our pockets.
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z dvema listoma papirja v žepu.
12:31
One says, "I am but dust and ashes."
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Na enem piše: "Sem samo prah in pepel."
12:35
It's not all about me.
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Ne gre zame.
12:36
I can't control everything,
and I cannot do this on my own.
and I cannot do this on my own.
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Vsega ne morem nadzorovati,
in tega ne morem početi sam.
in tega ne morem početi sam.
12:40
The other slip of paper says,
"For my sake the world was created."
"For my sake the world was created."
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Na drugem piše:
"Zame je bil ustvarjen svet."
"Zame je bil ustvarjen svet."
12:45
Which is to say it's true
that I can't do everything,
that I can't do everything,
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Kar pomeni, da je res,
da ne morem narediti vsega,
da ne morem narediti vsega,
12:49
but I can surely do something.
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a zagotovo lahko naredim nekaj.
12:52
I can forgive.
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Lahko odpuščam.
12:53
I can love.
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Lahko ljubim.
12:55
I can show up.
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Lahko se prikažem.
12:57
I can protest.
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Lahko protestiram.
12:58
I can be a part of this conversation.
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Lahko sem del tega pogovora.
13:01
We even now have a religious ritual,
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Sedaj imamo celo verski obred,
13:04
a posture,
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držo telesa,
13:06
that holds the paradox
between powerlessness and power.
between powerlessness and power.
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ki v sebi drži paradoks
med nemočjo in močjo.
med nemočjo in močjo.
13:09
In the Jewish community,
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V judovski skupnosti
13:11
the only time of year
that we prostrate fully to the ground
that we prostrate fully to the ground
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so edini čas v letu,
ko se spustimo do tal,
ko se spustimo do tal,
13:14
is during the high holy days.
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sveti dnevi.
13:16
It's a sign of total submission.
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To je znak popolne podrejenosti.
13:18
Now in our community,
when we get up off the ground,
when we get up off the ground,
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V naši skupnosti, ko vstanemo,
13:21
we stand with our hands
raised to the heavens,
raised to the heavens,
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stojimo z rokami, obrnjenimi proti nebesom
13:25
and we say, "I am strong,
I am mighty, and I am worthy.
I am mighty, and I am worthy.
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in pravimo: "Sem močan,
sem mogočen in sem vreden.
sem mogočen in sem vreden.
13:31
I can't do everything,
but I can do something."
but I can do something."
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Ne morem storiti vsega,
ampak nekaj pa lahko."
ampak nekaj pa lahko."
13:35
In a world that conspires
to make us believe that we are invisible
to make us believe that we are invisible
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V svetu, ki se trudi,
da verjamemo, da smo nevidni
da verjamemo, da smo nevidni
13:40
and that we are impotent,
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in nemočni,
13:42
religious communities and religious ritual
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verske skupnosti in verski obredi
13:44
can remind us that for whatever
amount of time we have here on this Earth,
amount of time we have here on this Earth,
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nas lahko spomnijo, da kolikor
časa imamo na Zemlji,
časa imamo na Zemlji,
13:48
whatever gifts and blessings
we were given,
we were given,
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katerekoli darove
in blagoslove smo dobili,
in blagoslove smo dobili,
13:51
whatever resources we have,
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kakšne vire imamo,
13:52
we can and we must use them
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lahko in moramo jih uporabiti,
13:55
to try to make the world
a little bit more just
a little bit more just
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in poskušati narediti svet
malo bolj pošten
malo bolj pošten
13:57
and a little bit more loving.
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in malo bolj ljubeč.
13:59
The fourth and final
is interconnectedness.
is interconnectedness.
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Četrti in končni je povezanost.
14:02
A few years ago, there was a man
walking on the beach in Alaska,
walking on the beach in Alaska,
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Pred nekaj leti je moški
hodil po plaži na Aljaski,
hodil po plaži na Aljaski,
14:06
when he came across a soccer ball
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ko je naletel na nogometno žogo,
14:08
that had some Japanese
letters written on it.
letters written on it.
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na kateri so bile narisane
japonske pismenke.
japonske pismenke.
14:10
He took a picture of it
and posted it up on social media,
and posted it up on social media,
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Slikal jo je in jo objavil
na socialnih omrežjih,
na socialnih omrežjih,
14:14
and a Japanese teenager contacted him.
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in kontaktiral ga je japonski najstnik.
14:16
He had lost everything in the tsunami
that devastated his country,
that devastated his country,
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V tsunamiju, ki je opustošil
njegovo državo, je izgubil vse,
njegovo državo, je izgubil vse,
14:20
but he was able
to retrieve that soccer ball
to retrieve that soccer ball
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a nazaj je dobil to nogometno žogo,
14:23
after it had floated
all the way across the Pacific.
all the way across the Pacific.
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potem ko je plavala čez cel Pacifik.
14:26
How small our world has become.
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Kako majhen je postal naš svet.
14:29
It's so hard for us to remember
how interconnected we all are
how interconnected we all are
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Težko se spomnimo,
kako zelo smo vsi povezani
kako zelo smo vsi povezani
14:33
as human beings.
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kot človeška bitja.
14:36
And yet, we know
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A vseeno vemo,
14:38
that it is systems of oppression
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da so sistemi zatiranja
14:41
that benefit the most
from the lie of radical individualism.
from the lie of radical individualism.
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tisti, ki največ pridobijo od laži
radikalnega individualizma.
radikalnega individualizma.
14:45
Let me tell you how this works.
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Naj vam razložim, kako to deluje.
14:47
I'm not supposed to care
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Ni treba, da mi je mar,
14:49
when black youth are harassed by police,
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ko temnopoltega mladeniča
nadleguje policija
nadleguje policija
14:51
because my white-looking Jewish kids
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zato, ker mojih belih judovskih otrok
14:54
probably won't ever get pulled over
for the crime of driving while black.
for the crime of driving while black.
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najbrž nikoli ne bodo ustavili zaradi
zločina vožnje kot temnopolta oseba.
zločina vožnje kot temnopolta oseba.
14:58
Well, not so, because
this is also my problem.
this is also my problem.
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Pa ni tako, ker je to tudi moj problem.
15:02
And guess what?
Transphobia and Islamophobia
Transphobia and Islamophobia
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In veste kaj? Transfobija in islamofobija
15:05
and racism of all forms,
those are also all of our problems.
those are also all of our problems.
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in rasizem vseh oblik,
to so vse naši problemi.
to so vse naši problemi.
15:08
And so too is anti-Semitism
all of our problems.
all of our problems.
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In tudi antisemitizem je naš problem.
15:12
Because Emma Lazarus was right.
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Ker je imela Emma Lazarus prav.
15:14
(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
15:19
Emma Lazarus was right
when she said until all of us are free,
when she said until all of us are free,
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Emma Lazarus je imela prav, ko je rekla,
da dokler nismo vsi svobodni,
da dokler nismo vsi svobodni,
15:22
we are none of us free.
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ni nihče.
15:24
We are all in this together.
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Vsi smo v tem skupaj.
15:27
And now somewhere at the intersection
of these four trends,
of these four trends,
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In nekje na križišču teh štirih trendov
15:31
of wakefulness and hope
and mightiness and interconnectedness,
and mightiness and interconnectedness,
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budnosti in upanja in
mogočnosti in povezanosti,
mogočnosti in povezanosti,
15:36
there is a burgeoning, multifaith
justice movement in this country
justice movement in this country
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je tu hitro rastoče, večversko gibanje
za pravico v državi,
za pravico v državi,
15:40
that is staking a claim on a countertrend,
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ki si je vzelo delež
v tem obratnem trendu,
v tem obratnem trendu,
15:42
saying that religion can and must be
a force for good in the world.
a force for good in the world.
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ki pravi, da je religija lahko
in mora biti dobra sila v tem svetu.
in mora biti dobra sila v tem svetu.
15:48
Our hearts hurt from
the failed religion of extremism,
the failed religion of extremism,
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Naša srca trpijo zaradi
propadle religije ekstremizma
propadle religije ekstremizma
15:52
and we deserve more
than the failed religion of routine-ism.
than the failed religion of routine-ism.
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in zaslužimo si več
od spodletele religije rutinizma.
od spodletele religije rutinizma.
15:56
It is time for religious leaders
and religious communities
and religious communities
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Čas je, da verski vodje
in verske skupnosti
in verske skupnosti
16:00
to take the lead in the spiritual
and cultural shift
and cultural shift
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prevzamejo pobudo v spiritualnem
in kulturnem premiku,
in kulturnem premiku,
16:03
that this country and the world
so desperately needs --
so desperately needs --
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ki ga ta država in svet
nujno potrebujeta -
nujno potrebujeta -
16:07
a shift toward love,
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premik proti ljubezni,
16:09
toward justice, toward equality
and toward dignity for all.
and toward dignity for all.
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proti pravici, proti enakopravnosti
in proti dostojanstvu za vse.
in proti dostojanstvu za vse.
16:13
I believe that our children
deserve no less than that.
deserve no less than that.
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Verjamem, da si naši otroci
ne zaslužijo nič manj.
ne zaslužijo nič manj.
16:17
Thank you.
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Hvala.
16:18
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sharon Brous - RabbiRabbi Sharon Brous is a leading voice in reanimating religious life in America, working to develop a spiritual roadmap for soulful, multi-faith justice work.
Why you should listen
Based in Los Angeles, Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a community built in 2004 that has become a model for Jewish revitalization in the US and beyond. IKAR’s goal is to reinvigorate Jewish religious and spiritual practice, inspiring people of faith to reclaim a moral and prophetic voice in counter-testimony to the small-minded extremism now prevalent in so many religious communities. IKAR quickly became one of the fastest growing and most influential Jewish congregations in the country, and it's widely credited with sparking a rethinking of religious life in a time of unprecedented disaffection and declining affiliation.
In 2008, Brous was the youngest person on the Newsweek/Daily Beast list of the most influential Rabbis in America, and in 2013 she was named the list’s most influential rabbi. In 2013, Brous blessed President Obama and Vice President Biden at the Inaugural National Prayer Service.
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