Here All Along

Excerpt from Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life ā€“ in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There)
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Doing Justice Justly

When our methods are just, our system doesnā€™t grant privileges to the powerful and strip protections from the vulnerable. As the Torah formulates it this week, ā€œYou shall not judge unfairly: you shall show no partiality; you shall not take bribes.ā€ The justice system ought to represent all equally...
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Privacy Notice This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for Tā€™ruah and our website, https://www.truah.org, and for our forms on clickandpledge.com and salslabs.org. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by these websites. It will notify you of the following: What information we collect; With whom it is shared; How it can be corrected;...
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Inspiration in Immokalee

I didnā€™t know what to expect when I went to visit the Coalition of Immokalee Workers this past February, with a delegation of rabbis organized by Rabbis for Human Rights. Since Dorshei Tzedek became involved with CIWā€™s Fair Food Campaign two years ago, Iā€™ve learned that this farmworker organization has had remarkable success in getting...
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Guest Editor

Tā€™ruah is seeking a temporary Guest Editor for Emorā€™s upcoming seasonal publication, Fragments, with a focus on the issue of democracy. The ideal candidate is an experienced writer and editor who is skilled at working with writers across lines of difference (particularly when holding intersectional identities), and who is familiar with the evolving social, political,...
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Passover Resources 2021

Download our human rights haggadah Tā€™ruahā€™s updated haggadah helps transform the seder into a conversation about immigration, racism, workersā€™ rights, and forced labor. Filled with insightful comments and thought-provoking questions, reflections from activists in the field, and full-color artwork done by detained immigrant children and forced labor survivors, the haggadah can serve as the full...
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Yom Kippur at the Lincoln Memorial

I was having lunch with a dear rabbinic colleague. After inquiring into each otherā€™s health and family, I said ā€œI just read the Popeā€™s Encyclical. It is fantastic. Have you read it?ā€ My friend looked at me quizzically and said, ā€œI never read the Popesā€™ encyclicals.ā€œ ā€œWell, I never have either, but this is really...
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The Paradox of Havdalah

This is the law of the animal, the bird, every living soul that swarms in the water, and for every creature that creeps on the ground; to distinguish between the impure and the pure, and between creatures that may be eaten and the creatures that may not be eaten.Ā  (Lev. 11:47; Artscroll translation) Parashat Shmini...
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The Generous Heart

Kaethe Morris Hoffer, Executive Director of CAASE (Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation) does the following exercise with groups: Think back to a recent walk in a public space. Imagine someone, anyone, you passed on your way. Now, how much money would it take for you to perform a sex act with, on, or to this...
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