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Chanukah: Spread Love and Righteousness

The Chanukah lights are intended for people on the “outside” — those on the margins. The internal practice of Chanukah is to turn outward and examine how we help illuminate God’s holiness for people on the outside of our society.

illustration by Rena Yehuda Newman

“THEY FOUGHT BACK, USING EVERYTHING THEY HAD AVAILABLE”: Democracy and Theology in Independent Afro-Jewish Communities

A conversation between Rabbi Walter Isaac, PhD, and Rabbi Koach Baruch Frazier on the role of Black Judaic communities in innovating democratic ideals in the Americas.

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Photo of the author, Rabbi Rachel Putterman

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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Photo of the author, Rabbi Rachel Greengrass

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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Illustration by Rena Yehuda Newman

NARRATING OUR HISTORIES IN SOLIDARITY: Lessons from the Civil Rights Congress

by Geffrey Adelsberg, PhD
New work by scholar Geoffrey Adelsberg, PhD on how Jews of past generations advanced groundbreaking multiracial coalition work, and what the tensions they faced — including racism within the Jewish community — say about conditions today.
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Rabbi Jeremy Kridel

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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