How Black Jews Helped Invent American Democracy
Join us for an exciting opportunity to learn with Rabbi Walter Isaac, Ph.D. Rabbi Isaac will share some of his research which has focused on the role that Black Jews have played in the development of modern democracy in the US, France, Haiti, and beyond.
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Healing the Rift: Jacob’s Ladder & the Great Law of Peace
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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Proclaim Release Throughout the Land: A Service of Hope
Join T’ruah for a service of hope to mark the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War. We will mourn all Israeli and Palestinian victims of the last fifty years of conflict; pray for a better future; and commit to taking action to bring about a secure, democratic and Jewish state of Israel, an independent...
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How Ritual Grounds Us For Activism
Without the structure of community and the grounding of ritual, my action, based on the heat of my emotions, would be like a wildfire rather than a well-tended altar.
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Opening the Window
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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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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Unlearning the Tzara’at from Our Walls
The Kli Yakar (16th century, Prague)... says that it is this stinginess that brings “tzara’at of houses,” that our refusal to share is what will ultimately destroy our homes and society.
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