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VaEra: And God Spoke
…I am a refugee. I am an immigrant. I am a person of color. I am a transgender person… [These] words become more than just words when we know that it was YHVH who spoke them.
NARRATING OUR HISTORIES IN SOLIDARITY: Lessons from the Civil Rights Congress
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.
The Essential Human Right
“Sticks and stones,” the nursery rhyme says, “may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” The intent of this pithy statement is probably to help children solve disputes with words rather than physical violence. Its message does, however, raise serious doubts. Words can and do hurt us. Words can trivialize, words can insult,...
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Net Neutrality: The Torah of the Donkey
In this week’s Torah portion, parashat Balak, we read the story of the mighty Moabite king Balak, who wants to hire the prophet Bil’am to curse the children of Israel. Balak places increasing pressure upon Bil’am, first through Moabite and Midianite elders, and then through elite princes. Both times Balak sends esteemed men, but God...
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