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WATCH: When Israel Breaks Your Heart

A briefing with Breaking the Silence about the current reality in Israel, the plan for Gaza, and the mass devastation in Gaza from a lens of understanding of the military and the work needed to build a just future.

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Korach: The Entire People is Holy

The entire people is holy, each of them. God is with their pain and their needs. As narrow as our focus can be when we are in acute moments of pain, in struggling with what to say and when to say it as a leader, I see that there are times to push, times to be silent, and times to support.

Criticism of Israel and Antisemitism: How to Tell Where One Ends and the Other Begins

In this time of inflamed passions, it’s crucial both to ensure that criticism of Israel does not cross the line into antisemitism, and to protect the free speech of those protesting Israel’s actions.

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How Ritual Grounds Us For Activism

by Rabbi Jessica Shimberg
Without the structure of community and the grounding of ritual, my action, based on the heat of my emotions, would be like a wildfire rather than a well-tended altar.
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Resisting Unjust Edicts in Our Time

by Hazzan Jesse Holzer
When leaders choose discrimination and censorship, when they care more about excess for some rather than access for all, Achashverosh is still among us.  
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When the Entire Community Is Guilty

by Rabbi Seth Goldstein
...as we learn from Leviticus, for communal sin there can be expiation. The process begins not with bringing a bull to the sanctuary, but with a commitment to learn history, and a commitment to ensure that history is learned by others.
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Building Structures to House All Images of God

by Rabbi Adir Yolkut
It is incumbent upon us to create spaces for God to come into the world. I would add, if we are not doing everything we can to create structures to house all holy human beings, then we are not doing our part in imitating godliness. 
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Building Mishkans Together

by Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann
Our movements for justice rely on the ecology of different people and different groups bringing the contributions that make our hearts sing.
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What’s “Anger” Got to Do With It?

by Cantor Nancy Kassel
When anger is a mode of life or when expressed in an unjustified manner, it is prohibited by Judaism. But if a person is wronged, they are allowed to express their natural feelings, including anger.
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Yearning for Our Ner Tamid

by Rabbi Kerry Chaplin
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we are alone in the world. And we dedicated advocates for justice are, I think, especially guilty of that lie. The ner tamid is not lit by one person or only the most gifted among us.
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How to Make Jewish Sanctuaries Truly Safe

by Rachel Faulkner
In this week’s portion, Terumah, Moses is given instructions for how to build a sanctuary.
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How to Use Our Very Brief Guide to Antisemitism

by Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson
As a communal leader, here are some ways you can multiply the impact of our guide. 
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Favoring the Many, Not the Mighty

by Rabbi Ari Witkin
This is but one example in a web of inequity that favors an ever-shrinking group of American elites... And yet, one word — Ish, a person — repeated over and over again in the dictation of these mitzvot is a reminder that the work is indeed mine to do as an individual. 
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