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Yom HaAtzma’ut: A Resource for Educators

This resource is designed to be adaptable for year-round use, offering educational tools, programs, and texts that support ongoing learning within your community.

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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...

Why T’ruah Opposes Codifying the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

T'ruah is committed to fighting antisemitism and to ensuring the safety, wellbeing, and vibrancy of the Jewish people. It is because of this commitment that we oppose any effort to codify definitions of antisemitism into policy or law, including the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s definition of antisemitism. 

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Quieting our Amygdalas

by Rabbi Meredith Cahn
Of course, we are scared when faced with giants, or when we are fed terrifying misinformation. It is what we do with our fears and anxiety that is a key to Jewish spirituality.
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The Art of Burden-Bearing

by Rabbi Shani Rosenbaum
I wonder if there might not be some wisdom in “let’s not talk about it”; if the covering might, sometimes, be part of the carrying. 
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Weapons Sales in Halacha

by Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson
This two page source sheet has applications both for the issue of domestic gun sales and gun violence and regarding international arms sales, whether by Israel or the US.
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Where Have All The Flowers Gone

by Rabbi Marc Kline
“Where have all the flowers gone.” For a host of reasons, I hate loving this song: especially at this time of year. I look forward to loving this song, when it will no longer speak to me. This song is about the cycle of life and death. Our life cycles are a normal part of...
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No More Sarahs

by Rabbi Stacia Deutsch
Last April, I traveled to Washington D.C. to visit my son at college. Georgetown University is a great place and, by all accounts, safe. We were in the bookstore when, suddenly, the entire student center was on lockdown. A policeman explained that the night before two students had been robbed at gunpoint outside the business...
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