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Shabbat Zachor: Remember Your Humanity
Should you ever be tempted to be like Amalek — blot out that very thought. Remember your humanity. Do not forget that to be a Jew is to be a light unto nations, not a threat.
Rabbi Jill Jacobs’ prayer for Minnesota, National Prayer Call for Minnesota 1.23.26
Words of prayer from Rabbi Jill Jacobs in support of Minnesota.
Amplifying My ‘Still, Small Voice’ to Testify against Human Trafficking
Living and serving the Jewish community in a state capital has its advantages, the primary one of which is the proximity to government. As the rabbi at Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, Washington, I am keenly aware of what happens in the state legislature. In my case I have literal proximity, my synagogue is literally...
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Heart of a Stranger: The Jewish Historical Memory of Torture
You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of the stranger, having yourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt. -Ex. 23:9 You were strangers in the land of Egypt reminds us that we have experienced the great suffering that one in a foreign land feels. By remembering the pain which we...
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