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Healing the Rift: Jacob’s Ladder & the Great Law of Peace

by Rabbi Zelig Golden
When President Trump announced that he would no longer receive The New York Times or Washington Post at the White House, I was struck that a sitting President would brazenly cut out half of America’s civil discourse to justify his domination of American politics. I felt how deep the rift in our politics has become,...
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When Toxic Polarization Poisons Policy

by Rabbi Michael G. Holzman
Rabbi Michael G. Holzman warns us of the fine line between polarization and demonization in this week's d'var torah on parshat Toldot.
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What To Do With Unbearable Suffering

by Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman brings the Piaseczna Rebbe's teachings on Chayei Sara to our own times.
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Vayera: Two Models of Governance

by Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky
Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky reflects on the sins of Sodom and modern-day parallels in this d'var torah on parshat Vayera.
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Report from El Paso, November 2019

by Rabbi Jill JAcobs
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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Where We Go Forth To Meet Each Other

by Rabbi Sandra Lawson
Rabbi Sandra Lawson shares the Torah of her own family's Lech Lecha moments and the value of meeting people across difference that she has learned from all of them.
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Opening the Window

by Ruth Messinger
Ruth Messinger reflects on climate change, the biblical flood of our own time, in this d'var torah on parashat Noach.
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Every Last One of Us

by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg opens Torah 20/20, a year of divrei torah dedicated to the discussion of democracy, with Parshat Bereshit.
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Torah 20/20: Looking with Fresh Eyes

by Rabbi Avi Katz Orlow
Rabbi Avi Katz Orlow introduces T'ruah's newest project, Torah 20/20, in this d'var torah for Simchat Torah.
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Who Doesn’t Get A Clean Slate This Yom Kippur? 

by Rabbi Marc Katz
Rabbi Marc Katz discusses our criminal justice system's need for authentic belief in teshuvah in this d'var Torah for Yom Kippur.
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