I believe in the worth of every human life

March 27, 2020 As the weeks go on, I’m hearing from more and more of you who are ill yourselves, worrying about friends or family who are ill, or mourning deaths. I’m sending much love and prayers for healing your way. This week has been dominated by conversations about how many deaths would be acceptable...
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As Jews, we must stay the path and save lives

We are more than halfway through counting the omer — the period between Pesach and Shavuot. We have emerged from slavery and are well on our way to the liberation of standing at Sinai, affirming our status as a community with shared laws, values, and responsibilities for one another. When we start counting the omer, we know...
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Ready to rabbi, thanks to you

Three days after Election Day, we stood with Jewish, Christian, and Muslim clergy colleagues outside of the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes were being counted. We came to lift our voices in prayer to assert that “Every vote is sacred.” We came to honor our ancestors who paved our way to the polls, especially Black...
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250+ Rabbis and Cantors to Israeli Ambassador: Stop Settler Violence

February 10, 2022 Dear Ambassador Herzog, In recent months, we have seen an alarming increase in frequent and violent attacks on Palestinians by settlers. A recent study shows that the majority of incidents take place in areas near outposts that are considered illegal even by Israeli law. As Jewish clergy and members of T’ruah, a...
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Judiciary Committee Hearing - State House Tuesday July 25 at 1 pm. Join us tinyurl.com/FreeHerHearing. #NoNewWomensPrison

MASSACHUSETTS: Second Hearing for the Prison Moratorium

For the last two years, T’ruah clergy and their communities have been organizing in support of the #NoNewWomensPrison campaign — an effort to stop a $50 million women’s prison project and instead invest in Massachusetts communities most affected by incarceration. The legislative centerpiece of the campaign is the Prison and Jail Construction Moratorium, which, on Tuesday, July 25th,...
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Sukkot for Housing Justice: Week of Action!

Join T'ruah and partners from Sept. 27 to Oct. 6 for a Week of Action: Sukkot for Housing Justice to extend a warm welcome and hospitality to everyone without shelter in our city: migrants, unhoused New Yorkers, people on the edge of losing their homes.
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