The Socialist Leanings of Smol Emuni
On May 1, join us for a deeper dive into the values animating Smol Emuni.
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Week of Protests Against Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress
Stay up to date on the latest protests planned by American Jews and Israelis in opposition to PM Netanyahu speaking in Congress.
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Tisha B’Av: Historic Catastrophe, Modern Catastrophe
10 New England Executive Park Ste 1, Burlington, Massachusetts On the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, when we fast in remembrance of destruction and exile, we come together at the ICE office in Burlington to mourn the brokenness of our American immigration system. As children are separated from parents—not just on the southern border,...
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Witness and Lament: Mourn with the Jewish Community for Our Broken Immigration System
Outside Temple Beth-El (3330 Grove Ave.) Parking available in lot behind Temple off of Roseneath Road, and along Grove Avenue and side streets. Tisha B’Av (the 9th of the Hebrew month of Av) is the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, a day of mourning, fasting, and lamentation, marking the ancient destruction of the Holy...
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Supporters
Our work is made possible through your donations! Thank you to those who have supported us financially. View our honor roll of people who’ve created Facebook fundraisers for T’ruah here. $25,000+ Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York Dorot Foundation American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Michael Skloff Lili Perski The Nathan Cummings Foundation...
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Circumcised Hearts and Stiff Necks
...when we circumcise our hearts we can then turn our necks outward to the world, vulnerable, nakedly open to the experiences of others. The internal work cannot be separated from the work of changing the world, of standing shoulder to shoulder with those who are oppressed. We cannot have one without the other.
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Chukat: Leading and Listening
Facing the climate change disaster means facing one another with respect and sincere empathy. Only then can we manage the amount of work it will take to fix that in which each of us has a stake.
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Holding Onto the Image in Every Human Being, Even One’s Adversary
In the militia headquarters in Odessa decades ago, I was surrounded by harsh interrogators who castigated my friend and me for visiting Russian Jews, who were aliens in their eyes. I felt anger and even hatred at these leaders and their many followers who had made Jewish life impossible for a large segment of our...
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