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Through this new haggadah supplement from T’ruah, bring the fight for immigration justice into your seder.  

Importantly, when Judaism is an embodied practice, both a halacha (law) and a halicha (way of walking), it leaves less room for holding the cognitive dissonance that separates one’s system of ethics from their Judaism.

"I left Minneapolis inspired in many ways, most of all feeling called to approach immigration with an abundance mindset."

As a Correctional Chaplain, I work with kindred spirits, among staff and Inmates, who are striving to live meaningful lives, confronting negativity within and without, and transforming themselves and their society.

Rabbi Jill Jacobs explores how Rabbi Moshe Avigdor Amiel's words might form the basis for a new approach to Zionism and to Israel that can lead us toward a political solution.

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.

Recently, I attended an anti-ICE protest near my home. Our government’s recent methods of terrorizing immigrants feel deeply at odds with the democratic values that I want my country to live by. As I approached, the first thing I saw was a large Palestinian flag; closer in, several protest leaders were wearing keffiyehs. In the...

Torah does not ask us to confuse legality with righteousness. It challenges us to investigate whether our laws serve the most vulnerable, honor human dignity, and reflect the divine spark that exists within every human being.

It is exactly how we treat every person, every animal, every plant, our planet — with reverence — that distinguishes us as fulfillers of the Divine commandments on which the world was formed, and the slaves from Egypt were redeemed.

In a time when manna no longer falls from the sky, its ethic becomes our responsibility. By rejecting the culture of excess, using Shabbat as a tool of resistance, and fostering communities of care, we can work toward building the society that our parshah invites us to imagine.