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Naso: Patriarchal Surveillance, Bodily Autonomy, and Longing for “a Regulated World”

This “regulated world” is only idyllic if you are the monitor and punisher of “deviation,” not the monitored and punished. For [the monitored and punished,] the longing instead is for a world that affirms the dignity of all people.

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.

Capitol Building at sunset

“May We Create a Nation”: A New Prayer for Our Country

From Rabbi Seth Goldstein: We know that this is a nation founded by massacre, built by slavery, maintained by exclusion, defined by inequality. And we also know that this nation promises equality, exercises resilience, evolves continuously, practices teshuvah.

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BEING WITH OUR PEOPLE: Fear, Courage, and Coalition

by Jennifer Margulies
Jennifer Margulies shares thoughts on her family’s life under the Christian Right in Texas and how the very coalitions that can feel unbearable can also give us life.
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Vayetze: How We Choose to See the World

by Rabbi Yair Robinson
We must not merely curse the world as irreconcilably wicked, incapable of beauty, love, or justice. Rather, we must bless what is good, offering our gratitude for the holiness in our lives and in each other, so that we may see to our work to repair the world with that much more love and compassion.
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Toldot: All Famines Are Not the Same

by Rabbi Alex Weissman
As we start to imagine, strategize, and plan around what the next four years will hold and how we will continue to defend human rights and advance justice, we will need to draw not only on our resilience and determination, but also on our creativity and imagination; our willingness to experiment, to fail, and to try new things.
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Chayei Sara: Power Rooted in Life, Not Trauma and Death

by Rabbi Jenna Shaw
In the aftermath of trauma, there is a natural desire to protect, to retaliate, and to secure our own safety at all costs. But in seeking safety, in seeking justice for our own pain, we can risk perpetuating cycles of violence that dehumanize others — and ultimately ourselves.
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Vayera: Paragons Protesting Power

by Rabbi Matt Dreffin
Like Abraham, we are called to step forward, raise our voices in defense of those whose rights are being violated, and advocate for a more just and compassionate world.
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Lech Lecha: Blessings for Times of Stress and Uncertainty

by Cantor Risa Wallach
We are not only here to receive blessings but to redistribute them, to share them with others. In a time of profound global instability, we must remember that true blessing is found in the act of blessing others.
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CONTRASTING TRUTHS: The Aspirations and Limitations of American Democracy

by Sofi Hersher Andorsky and Aaron Dorfman
Sofi Hersher Andorsky and Aaron Dorfman make the case for Jewish investment in liberal democracy.
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CONFRONTING THE MORAL CROSSROADS: Chile’s Jews from Dictatorship to Democracy

by Maxine Lowy
Author and journalist Maxine Lowy guides us through the story of how Chilean Jews and non-Jews endured when democracy was shattered, and how, over 17 years, Chileans fought successfully to restore it.
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D is for Democracy

by Aurora Levins Morales
Take heart and courage in the words of movement elder, poet, and essayist Aurora Levins Morales.
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Just One Thing We Ask of You

by Rabbi Michelle Dardashti
Prayerful words for democracy by Michelle Dardashti.
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