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Yom HaShoah: When Human Rights Become “Too Political”

I pledge to continue the call to recognize the sanctity of life for all human beings. I vow never to be silent in the face of oppression — no matter how “political” it may seem to some.

Yom HaAtzma’ut: A Resource for Educators

This resource has been created ahead of Yom HaAtzma’ut 2025 but 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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A Prayer for Gaza and to Preserve Our Humanity

By Rabbis Felicia Sol and Roly Matalon of B’nai Jeshurun in New York City.

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Fostering an Equitable Urban Landscape

by Rabbi Michal Woll
In Parshat Behar, urban spaces were not considered a factor in the wellness and stability of society. Today, we must acknowledge our centuries of disenfranchisement and commit to fostering an urban landscape of equity and opportunity.
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Why is the Torah So Silent About Prisons?

by Rabbi Greg Hersh
The Torah commands us to be a nation of priests and to make the earth a place for God to dwell. And it’s not possible to do that from behind bars.
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From Crisis to Community: Reading Martin Buber in the time of Social Distancing

by Rabbi Bill Plevan
More than a century ago, Martin Buber worried about a crisis in modern life: how would increased alienation and “social distance” of modern societies affect the well-being of humanity? Both in his writings on the notion of dialogue and his writings on Judaism, Buber speaks about the spiritual dimension of human relationships as the basis...
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The Essence of Being a Jew

by Rabbi Mari Chernow
That’s Kedoshim’s point – that those of us who own land (and its modern equivalent, a bank account) have an undeniable responsibility to support those who don’t. 
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Using the Right Tools

by Rabbi Max Edwards
This is as relevant for us today as it was in the Ramban’s time: That which we consume has the power to consume us. There’s nothing today we consume more than media.
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Awakening the World With Love

by Cantor Dara Rosenblatt
‘I was asleep, but my heart was wakeful.’ The first part of this verse is a call. ...Within myself there is something to be awakened.
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Finding Our Agency When Water is at Our Necks

by Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel
Passover’s story reminds us to see ourselves as newly freed slaves. The Nachshon story invites us to see ourselves as agents of miracles.
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“Pour Out Your Wrath” Haggadah Supplement

by Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson and Bennett Decker
Download our 2022 Haggadah Supplement here!
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Unlearning the Tzara’at from Our Walls

by Rabbi Melanie Aron
The Kli Yakar (16th century, Prague)... says that it is this stinginess that brings “tzara’at of houses,” that our refusal to share is what will ultimately destroy our homes and society.
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Lift Your Head

by Rabbi Barbara Symons
The haftarah in the guise of Naaman says that one need not be defined by tzara’at – or, we add, any aspect of ourselves by which others define us, as though we are unidimensional.
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