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Shemot: What’s in a Name?
In the Morning Blessings, we name different aspects of the Divine by acknowledging their presence in our lives. Merely by acknowledging these qualities, through mentioning their names, it is as if we are funneling them into our day.
A JEWISH EMBRACE OF DEMOCRACY: Early Reconstructionist Judaism and America’s Promise
Rabbi Deborah Waxman reflects on what Jewish tradition has to say about democratic practice.
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When Toxic Polarization Poisons Policy
Rabbi Michael G. Holzman warns us of the fine line between polarization and demonization in this week's d'var torah on parshat Toldot.
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What To Do With Unbearable Suffering
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman brings the Piaseczna Rebbe's teachings on Chayei Sara to our own times.
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Vayera: Two Models of Governance
Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky reflects on the sins of Sodom and modern-day parallels in this d'var torah on parshat Vayera.
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Report from El Paso, November 2019
A firsthand account from Rabbi Jill Jacobs, T'ruah Executive Director, of the joint T'ruah-HIAS border delegation, November 2019.
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Where We Go Forth To Meet Each Other
Rabbi Sandra Lawson shares the Torah of her own family's Lech Lecha moments and the value of meeting people across difference that she has learned from all of them.
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Opening the Window
Ruth Messinger reflects on climate change, the biblical flood of our own time, in this d'var torah on parashat Noach.
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Every Last One of Us
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg opens Torah 20/20, a year of divrei torah dedicated to the discussion of democracy, with Parshat Bereshit.
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Torah 20/20: Looking with Fresh Eyes
Rabbi Avi Katz Orlow introduces T'ruah's newest project, Torah 20/20, in this d'var torah for Simchat Torah.
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Who Doesn’t Get A Clean Slate This Yom Kippur?
Rabbi Marc Katz discusses our criminal justice system's need for authentic belief in teshuvah in this d'var Torah for Yom Kippur.
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Here We Are Again
Rabbi Rob Dobrusin warns against cynicism and makes the case for hope in this d'var Torah for Shabbat Shuvah.
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