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Israel Must Purge the Bloodguilt of Settler Violence
Rabbi Jonah Winer argues that we must move the North American Jewish community’s discourse from a focus on the crimes of individual radical settlers, to the violence of the occupation and settlement projects as a whole.
High Holiday Sermon Resource: On Settler Violence & State Violence
Use these clergy resources to help your community make a narrative shift: expanding beyond rightful condemnation of settler violence to seeing and working against the violence of the occupation and settlement projects as a whole.
Antisemitism & Immigration: A Messaging Guide for Jewish Clergy
When the fight against antisemitism is used to harm immigrants, rabbis and cantors can be powerful voices to describe what’s at play and advocate for and inspire action towards our shared safety.
Protest Placards
Download and print yourself, or order a pack of seven on sturdy 19"x 25" cardboard.
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Not Striking the Rock Again (Parshat Chukat)
For Parshat Chukat, Rabbi Benjamin Barnett writes about the challenges facing Israel's Bedouin.
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Lessons in Leadership and Conflict (Parshat Korach)
Conflict is an element of leadership. As the ultimate example of rebellion among the Israelites the core question is this: How are we to deal with conflict when — not if — it arises?
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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)
Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz writes about Parshat Sh'lach-Lecha.
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Feasting on Choice, Dining with Dignity (Parshat Beha’alotecha)
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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When Ignorance Brings Words that Sting: Finding Guidance in the Priestly Blessing (Parshat Naso)
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
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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