Resources

Download Changing the Conversation: A Resource for Israel and Palestine Education
An entry point for Jewish communities to engage with Israel and Palestine with depth, nuance, and care.
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Matot-Masei: Community Just Might Be the Only Thing That Saves Us
When you understand yourself to be part of a community, you’ll show up, you’ll fight for your neighbor, and you won’t let concerns for your own welfare be at odds with doing so.
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Pinchas: Kein B’not Zelophehad: Diplomacy Vs. Vigilantism
As we deal with a scourge of baseless hatred in our world today, what would it look like to use curiosity as one of the tools in our spiritual toolbox?
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WATCH: Understanding Antisemitism: A Training for All
Watch T'ruah's antisemitism training, led by our Director of Learning, Rabbi Jonah Winer.
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Balak: Blessing in the End
Recognizing who we truly are is our best resistance against tyranny. Knowing what lies in front of us, cognitive dissonance-and-all, we proudly wave the flag of Israel in May, the rainbow flag in June, the Stars and Stripes in July, because we recognize the promise of the miraculous ideas these banners represent.
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A DIZZYING INVERSION AND AN URGENT PAUSE: Reading Trachtenberg in the 21st Century
The second half of a debate across time between author Ben Lorber and Rabbi Joshua Trachtenberg about American Jews’ strategies to resist antisemitism.
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Excerpt from “STOP FASCISM: Preserve Democracy” (1937)
The first half of a debate across time between author Ben Lorber and Rabbi Joshua Trachtenberg about American Jews’ strategies to resist antisemitism.
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Chukat: Moses, the Rock, and Me
This, to me, is the Torah: It is liberation. It is the release that comes from being seen, truly seen, in our whole, struggling, imperfect selves.
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WATCH: When Israel Breaks Your Heart
A briefing with Breaking the Silence about the current reality in Israel, the plan for Gaza, and the mass devastation in Gaza from a lens of understanding of the military and the work needed to build a just future.
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Korach: The Entire People is Holy
The entire people is holy, each of them. God is with their pain and their needs. As narrow as our focus can be when we are in acute moments of pain, in struggling with what to say and when to say it as a leader, I see that there are times to push, times to be silent, and times to support.
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