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The connection between Sukkot and immigration is incredibly rich.

You may be familiar with the notion about the wounded healer, popularized by the author Henri Nouwen in his book by that name. He asserts: “When we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a common search for life, those very pains are transformed...

No matter the circumstances, each imprisoned and formerly imprisoned person deserves a life filled with dignity.

T'ruah invites Massachusetts clergy to use this toolkit as a way to connect the decarceration of women and girls in the Commonwealth with Shabbat Hazon.

It is not enough to mourn. Mourning must be accompanied by actions that end the harm being done. 

We find in our tradition that God dwells not in the destruction, but in the moment right before rebuilding.

I like to imagine that Balaam’s words changed us and shook us out of our complaining so that we could see ourselves in a fresh way.

...being in Israel over the last several months has shown me almost daily how easy it is to defile something that’s important to us because of zealotry and jealousy. 

These 7 divrei Torah, one for each of the 7 weeks of the Omer that lead up to Shavuot, span the breadth of the entire Torah, from Genesis to Deuteronomy, and come from 7 exceptional T'ruah rabbis who lend their voices to the call for a more just and moral world.

...modern American politics have alienated the word dror from the Jewish concept of liberty.