Tekiyah Gedolah
Through long-form scholarly essays and writing on the pressing issues of our moment, Tekiyah Gedolah invites readers into a reflective conversation grounded in the Jewish tradition. Rooted in Torah scholarship, these pieces build upon our vision for our communities — a vision of dignity, justice, integrity, and moral courage — and seek to deepen our communal understanding of how Jewish values speak to the pivotal moral and political questions of our time.
Civil Disobedience, Jews, and the Authoritarian State
The following is the first in T’ruah’s new thought leadership series, “Tekiyah Gedolah.” In a time of mounting authoritarianism in the United States, we must use the wisdom of our tradition to help us think through how to fight for democracy as diaspora Jews. How does our tradition guide us to respond to our present...
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