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Lech Lecha: A Wide Open Tent

If the tent, our home, is truly open on all sides, there is an understanding that each person is continuing onward on a different journey. Our Torah is blessing us to be just as supportive in saying goodbye as we are in saying hello.

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T'ruah's collected resources on antisemitism.

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VOTING AND DEMOCRACY: One Possible Halakhic Approach

Rabbi David Polsky reflects on what Jewish tradition has to say about voting and democratic practice.

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Shoftim: Pursue Justice with Our Bodies and Hearts

by Rabbi Rachel Putterman
Use your bodies — your arms, hands, legs, feet, voices, hearts — to act on your burning desire for justice.
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Vayera: From Sarah’s Story to Ours: Fertility, Choice, and Agency in Torah

by Rabbi Rachel Greengrass
The other side of the religious voice on reproductive health issues is clear: It’s a woman’s choice, her life comes first, and we should do all we can to honor her as the living image of God.
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ROUNDTABLE: How Can U.S. Jewish Communities Play an Effective Role in Coalition Work to Advance Multiracial Democracy?

by Ginna Green, Abby Lublin, Megan Black, Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, PhD, Matthew David Hom, and Graie Hagans
A panel of pathbreaking organizers, including Ginna Green, Graie Hagans, Abby Lublin, Megan Black, Matthew David Hom, and Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, PhD, on how Jews can advance multiracial pro-democracy coalitions today.
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Beha’alotecha: Be One Among the 70

by Claire Davidson Bruder
Community knowledge is the strongest tool we have, and we must learn how to both respect and harness it. When we seek to make change in the world, we must ask ourselves: Who might know what needs to happen even better than I do?
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How Ritual Grounds Us For Activism

by Rabbi Jessica Shimberg
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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A Pandemic of Polarization

by Rabbi Dr. Rachel S. Mikva
Strategically, we stand a better chance of finding our way if we do not dismiss (other's) capacity for moral reasoning. We stand a better chance of moving their hearts if we assume they have one. 
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Chayei Sara: Calling Politicians to the City Gate this Election Day

by Rabbi Jeremy Kridel
“All politics is local.” That phrase was associated with the late U.S. Congressman and former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill. This week features an Election Day. With so much of our attention focused on Israel and Gaza, we might be tempted to miss all the local and state elections happening this week. As if...
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Pride Month: Resisting Anti-Trans Pharaohs

by Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann
In a time when modern day Pharaohs are seeking to peddle fear, to oppress, and to erase transgender people, we can take our direction from our brave matriarchs.
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Seeing Through the Smoke

by Rabbi Joey Wolf
Rabbi Joey Wolf urges us to find hope for the New Year in each other.
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What Good Will Cursing Do?

by Rabbi David Wirtschafter
Rabbi David Wirtschafter argues against cursing our enemies in this d'var Torah on parshat Ki Tavo.
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