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Report from El Paso, November 2019
A firsthand account from Rabbi Jill Jacobs, T'ruah Executive Director, of the joint T'ruah-HIAS border delegation, November 2019.
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Opening the Door at Passover
At the first Passover, we marked our doorposts with the blood of a sacrificial lamb to protect us from the Angel of Death (Exodus 12:23). Although that was a one-time ritual, doors continue to be a central symbol of the holiday. It is a symbol that seems more relevant than ever in an age when nativism...
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Building Structures to House All Images of God
It is incumbent upon us to create spaces for God to come into the world. I would add, if we are not doing everything we can to create structures to house all holy human beings, then we are not doing our part in imitating godliness.
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Proclaim Release Throughout the Land: A Service of Hope
Join T’ruah for a service of hope to mark the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War. We will mourn all Israeli and Palestinian victims of the last fifty years of conflict; pray for a better future; and commit to taking action to bring about a secure, democratic and Jewish state of Israel, an independent...
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How Ritual Grounds Us For Activism
Without the structure of community and the grounding of ritual, my action, based on the heat of my emotions, would be like a wildfire rather than a well-tended altar.
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