Every Person Counts? (Parshat Bamidbar)

Commentary on Parshat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) Our Torah portion opens with the taking of another census of B’nai Yisrael – the Children of Israel – this time “listed by their clans, ages 20 years and up, all those in Israel who are able to bear arms…” (Num. 1:2) This is census number three since the...
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A Commitment to Justice Means Remembering Our Tribes

But whether or not the Sinai wilderness was ever ownerless as the midrash suggests, in North America, the so-called wildernesses never have been. Those places — and indeed every square mile of North America — have always been, and continue to be, the home of specific tribes of Indigenous peoples.
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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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Elul Community Canvass for the #NoNewWomensPrison Campaign - Monday, 8/21 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. Davis Square - Ten Figures Statues Park Join T'ruah MA, Temple B'nai Brith, Boston Workers Circle, and Kavod as we chat with our neighbors about the MA campaign to stop construction of a $50 million new women's prison and to instead invest in reimagining communities. We will be rallying support for two of Families for Justice as Healing's policy priorities: the Prison Moratorium and Elder Parole. Image description: a group of people hold a sign and smile at the camera. The sign says "Reimagining Communities"

Elul Community Canvass for the #NoNewWomensPrison Campaign

Join T’ruah clergy, Temple B'nai Brith, Boston Workers’ Circle, Kavod, and members of the Greater Boston Jewish community in talking with neighbors about two of Families for Justice as Healing and The National Council’s policy priorities: the prison moratorium and elder parole!
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Meet our 2024 Gala Honorees

Raphael Lemkin Human Rights Award From the arts, to the United Nations, to Human Rights Watch, Marina Kaufman has dedicated her life to human rights for all people. In 1978, she became involved with an organization called the University for Peace in Costa Rica, where she was one of the “producers” of a benefit concert...
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