Justice
Getting Ready for Elijah
Posted by Jodi Rosenfeld | Mar 8, 2021 | Justice
Hope as an Ethical Imperative
Posted by Barbara E. Breitman | Feb 22, 2021 | Justice, Spiritual Practice
Hanukkah, Light and Resistance
Posted by Lazora Jordan | Dec 9, 2020 | Justice, Race, Spiritual Practice
Halleluyah
Posted by Rabbi Alex Weissman | Oct 6, 2020 | Justice
Human Composting: A Reconstructionist Rabbi’s View
Posted by Rabbi Seth Goldstein | Sep 8, 2020 | Climate Justice & Environmentalism, End of Life, Ethics, Justice
Me & Jewish Supremacy
by Rabbi Sid Schwarz | Mar 31, 2021 | Identity, Justice, Race
The idea of chosenness is a barrier to a world in which every human being is seen as made in the image of God, worthy of respect and honor.
Getting Ready for Elijah
by Jodi Rosenfeld | Mar 8, 2021 | Justice
Were the Prophet Elijah to arrive at our seders, what would he witness? Are our lives filled with empathy and compassion? Are we dedicated to justice and peace?
Hope as an Ethical Imperative
by Barbara E. Breitman | Feb 22, 2021 | Justice, Spiritual Practice
Having faith in the power of an ethical/spiritual vision guides our action and activism toward revitalization, justice and compassion.
Hanukkah, Light and Resistance
by Lazora Jordan | Dec 9, 2020 | Justice, Race, Spiritual Practice
This piece is taken from the dvar Torah delivered at the inaugural meeting of the Jews of Color...
Halleluyah
by Rabbi Alex Weissman | Oct 6, 2020 | Justice
Through practicing gratitude and recognizing the complexities of privilege, we are better suited to pursue the work of changing the world.
Human Composting: A Reconstructionist Rabbi’s View
by Rabbi Seth Goldstein | Sep 8, 2020 | Climate Justice & Environmentalism, End of Life, Ethics, Justice
Recently legalized in Washington state, human composting is a new alternative to burial and cremation. How do Reconstructionists balance tradition with innovation in this case?
What Happens When Everything Is Broken? Grappling With #DefundthePolice
by Rabbi Aryeh Cohen | Sep 8, 2020 | Justice, Race
The entire paradigm underlying contemporary policing in the United States is broken. Jewish sources provide a way forward to a new model of policing.
Generational Change: Crossing Over to a New Land
by Barbara E. Breitman | Aug 17, 2020 | Justice
As the Israelites in the book of Numbers undergo a generational transition in leadership in order to enter the Promised Land, so must we prepare to cross over to a new post-COVID-19 world, addressing racial injustice and environmental calamity.
A Time for Anger
by Rabbi Seth Goldstein | Aug 17, 2020 | Justice
How can we be surprised that people are angry? And how can we argue when that anger is expressed?
Lessons Learned From the Pandemic of Our Lives
by Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb | Jul 8, 2020 | Justice
Our goal is not to “get back to normal.” It is to emerge more sustainable, more just and more connected than before.
Empathy Doesn’t Come With Conditions: A Jewish response to the murder of George Floyd
by Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg | Jul 8, 2020 | Justice, Race
Comforting African-Americans who are mourning the death of George Floyd requires the unconditional empathy due to every mourner, according to Jewish law.
To Be a Mystic-Activist
by Rabbi Shefa Gold | Jul 8, 2020 | Justice, Spiritual Practice
To be a mystic-activist means that I must live in the light of what I know to be true. Through this light, I must heal the racism that is my conditioning and find the deeper knowing that we are one Being.
Now I Finally Get It: What George Floyd Has Taught Me
by Rabbi George Stern | Jul 8, 2020 | Justice, Race
“Black Lives Matter” is an insistent cry that it’s way past time for America to acknowledge the sin of racism and to stop acting as if Black lives don’t matter.
Liberating the Future: Passover and Beyond
by Rabbi Arthur Waskow | Jul 1, 2020 | Justice
Jewish rituals can be revitalized and transformed by activism as uplifting and effective vessels of social transformation.
“It Is Not Good for the Human to Be Alone”: Community Organizing as Spiritual Practice
by Rabbi Alex Weissman | Jun 16, 2020 | Justice
Not only does organizing have an impact on the outside world, on power relations and on policies. It also shapes our inner lives and offers us the potential to cultivate a deeper spiritual awareness.
