Resources

T’ruah FAQ on the U.N. Database of Businesses that Operate in Israeli Settlements
The U.N. released a database of 112 businesses currently operating in West Bank settlements, which are considered illegal according to international law.
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Tefillat HaDerekh from Montgomery, Alabama
Written during the T’ruah delegation to the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice, January 26-28, 2020 Rabbi Nina H. Mandel Bo Bo el Par’oh Come after the oppressor Join the trouble Muster your strength Gird your loins Mobilize your anger Disrupt, disrupt, disrupt Watch for bias Cry out for truth Soften...
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No Shortcuts to Liberation, Alas
In this week's d'var torah on Parshat Shemot, NYC Councilman Brad Lander draws connections between patterns of oppression and resistance then and now.
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When Toxic Polarization Poisons Policy
Rabbi Michael G. Holzman warns us of the fine line between polarization and demonization in this week's d'var torah on parshat Toldot.
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What To Do With Unbearable Suffering
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman brings the Piaseczna Rebbe's teachings on Chayei Sara to our own times.
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Report from El Paso, November 2019
A firsthand account from Rabbi Jill Jacobs, T'ruah Executive Director, of the joint T'ruah-HIAS border delegation, November 2019.
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Where We Go Forth To Meet Each Other
Rabbi Sandra Lawson shares the Torah of her own family's Lech Lecha moments and the value of meeting people across difference that she has learned from all of them.
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Opening the Window
Ruth Messinger reflects on climate change, the biblical flood of our own time, in this d'var torah on parashat Noach.
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Torah 20/20: Looking with Fresh Eyes
Rabbi Avi Katz Orlow introduces T'ruah's newest project, Torah 20/20, in this d'var torah for Simchat Torah.
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Who Doesn’t Get A Clean Slate This Yom Kippur?
Rabbi Marc Katz discusses our criminal justice system's need for authentic belief in teshuvah in this d'var Torah for Yom Kippur.
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