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A messaging guide for rabbis and cantors.

In the face of a world where hatred and cruelty seem to flourish more and more every day, our values and our commitments have not changed and will not change. 

For many of us, the past year has felt like watching our worst nightmares play out. How do we face this new year?

What is the Torah inscribed on our lands and in our hearts? What Torah do we bring with us into a new land?

The connection between Sukkot and immigration is incredibly rich.

It is not enough to mourn. Mourning must be accompanied by actions that end the harm being done. 

Sukkot, as a moment of joy with God, is an essential last step of the process of divine judgment and forgiveness.

Five chaverim share thoughts on a social-justice-themed sermon they might give in the upcoming High Holiday season. We hope that their insights will move your intellectual gears as you prepare to deliver sacred messages to your community.  Each chaver will share a topic, the text they are basing their sermon around, and the takeaway they...

Like Jacob’s dream, our justice work must be grounded in this world, absorbing the pain of everyday injustice with our hearts open to those suffering. And yet, our work must remain aspirational, reaching for the sky and not settling for anything less than our basic demands of human dignity and human rights.

Meet Rabbi Becky Silverstein, one of our chaverim.