Rabbi Guy Austrian

Ha’Azinu: Learning From Our Ancestors with Humility and Chutzpah

by Rabbi Guy Austrian
We find that we have to learn from our ancestors with a dual dose of humility and chutzpah: both to learn from their wisdom, and also to transcend their limitations.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg

Rosh Hashanah: Teshuvah, Tefilah, and Tzedakah in Israel

by Rabbi Amy Eilberg
'On Rosh Hashanah, it is written and on Yom Kippur, it is sealed: How many will die and how many will be born? Who will live and who will die?' This is one of the most beloved and troubling of Rosh Hashanah prayers. But such is the power of great poetry.
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Rabbi Rena Blumenthal

Nitzavim-Vayeilech: To Examine the Past Unflinchingly, We Need Community

by Rabbi Rena Blumenthal
Looking back can be terrifying. We are further protected by being a part of the covenantal community, thus we can look back safely, unflinchingly, to the very real horrors that have shaped our communities and our lives.
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Rabbi Ilan Glazer

Ki Tavo: Inscribing Ourselves with Love During National Recovery Month

by Rabbi Ilan Glazer
What is the Torah inscribed on our lands and in our hearts? What Torah do we bring with us into a new land?
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Rabbi Judith Edelstein, D. Min.

Ki Tetze: We Cannot Look Away

by Rabbi Judith Edelstein, D. Min.
You may be familiar with the notion about the wounded healer, popularized by the author Henri Nouwen in his book by that name. He asserts: “When we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a common search for life, those very pains are transformed...
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Israel Resources for Clergy: High Holidays 5784

Resources for Jewish clergy preparing to talk and teach about Israel on the High Holidays.
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Rabbi Lizz Goldstein

Shoftim: “Thus Blood of the Innocent Will not be Shed” The Necessity of Sanctuary

by Rabbi Lizz Goldstein
A self-proclaimed “melting pot,” a country that declared its independence by asserting that all men are created equal, should continue to be a sanctuary and refuge.
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Rabbi Jessica Dell'Era Nussbaum

Re’eh: Open Your Hand and Lend Enough

by Rabbi Jessica Dell'Era Nussbaum
God entrusts us, flawed mortal beings as we are, with the responsibility to figure it out and take care of each other.
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Rabbi Lina Zerbarini

Ekev: Seeking a Greater Wholeness Through Civilian Oversight

by Rabbi Lina Zerbarini
It is indisputable that there is serious, ongoing, and systemic racism in the institution of American law enforcement.
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Shabbat Hazon: Massachusetts Reimagining Communities Sermon & Study Toolkit

by Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, with resources from Rabbi Becky Silverstein, Rabbi Jim Morgan, and Rabbi Shahar Colt
T'ruah invites Massachusetts clergy to use this toolkit as a way to connect the decarceration of women and girls in the Commonwealth with Shabbat Hazon.
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