Justice

The Torah doesn't steer people away from slavery; it merely regulates the “lawful” treatment of human property.

Abolition is more than the ending of legalized enslavement. It is a dismantling of institutionalized systems of oppression that enslave, imprison and devalue lives deemed expendable.

These are values and teachings central to our Torah and identity: to care and provide for the most vulnerable, to welcome the stranger, to honor our elders and to care for the sick.

Transgender people, in expressing their true gender identity, do so to be more authentic to themselves and, in many ways, to be closer to the image of the Creator in which they were made.

This is not the time to root for your team. This is the time to stand on the side of humanity.

I suggest a five-point plan to help Jews who would like to act now but are not sure how to do so.

Project Kesher presents pragmatic programs in Ukraine in which Jewish values inspire social activism.

How might we understand reparations as a Jewish issue?

“Now it’s all right, right, Abba?” my daughter asked. “Because they got to Eretz Israel?”

How do we think about the meaning of security, not only theologically but logistically? What can we do to stay safe in ways that draw on and honor our faith traditions?