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Chukat: Moses, the Rock, and Me

This, to me, is the Torah: It is liberation. It is the release that comes from being seen, truly seen, in our whole, struggling, imperfect selves.

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.

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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Joining or Forming a T’ruah Cluster

T’ruah clusters are the primary avenue for Jewish clergy who care about human rights to take action. We know that even as human rights issues are present across the globe, all politics are local. To advance human rights, T’ruah builds power by fostering strategic, relational networks of our chaverim in specific cities. By joining our...
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Saying Yes When Others Say No (Parshat Sh’lach-Lecha)

by Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz
Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz writes about Parshat Sh'lach-Lecha.
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Feasting on Choice, Dining with Dignity (Parshat Beha’alotecha)

by Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
We all crave food – but equally, we crave the dignity of being able to choose what, how and where we eat.
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Keeping and Doing (Parshat Emor)

by Rabbi David Kaiman
Our commandments are meant to inspire us to action.
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When Ignorance Brings Words that Sting: Finding Guidance in the Priestly Blessing (Parshat Naso)

by Rabbi Hannah Spiro
Commentary on Parshat Naso (Numbers 4:21 – 7:89) Here in DC, the last couple of months have been pretty rough. In March, DC City Council member Trayon White claimed that the Rothschilds control the weather and the government, and then ducked out early from a tour of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that had been...
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Stop Torture Now: A Complete Rabbinic Sourcebook

by Rabbi Melissa Weintraub
This is T’ruah’s primary resource booklet on government-sponsored torture, originally published in 2005. It includes the shorter versions of Rabbi Melissa Weintraub’s articles on torture and Jewish law, insertions for High Holidays services, materials for study and discussion, and the original public letter to the Bush Administration, signed by over 800 rabbis and cantors. The full-length versions...
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Poor People’s Campaign Resources

by Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Motzkin Rubenstein, Rabbi Bill Plevan, Rabbi Jonah Geffen, Rabbi Suzanne Singer, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Rabbi Mike Rothbaum, Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay, Dr. Yonatan Brafman
From May 14-June 22, 2018, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival launched 40 days of “nonviolent moral fusion direct action,” calling on our country to change course on the deep moral crises that threaten our democracy and our survival. T’ruah supported the campaign in a variety of ways, including by publishing...
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Every Person Counts? (Parshat Bamidbar)

by Rabbi Enid C. Lader
Commentary on Parshat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) Our Torah portion opens with the taking of another census of B’nai Yisrael – the Children of Israel – this time “listed by their clans, ages 20 years and up, all those in Israel who are able to bear arms…” (Num. 1:2) This is census number three since the...
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A Yovel for the Poor People’s Campaign (Parshat Behar/Bechukotai)

by Rabbi Debra Kolodny
Commentary on Parshat Behar/Bechukotai (Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34) One week from today, Monday May 14, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will launch across this country. As I prepare for this momentous event, I’m struck by the alignment of Torah and sacred season. This Shabbat when we read of the yovel...
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Israel at 70 Resource

by Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson
In recognition of Israel’s 70th birthday, we have created a resource to try, in a condensed way grounded in Jewish tradition, to reckon with the fullness of what 70 years means for the Jewish state. This resource brings the voices of four rabbis, commenting, as if on a page of Talmud, on four verses from...
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