A Pandemic Within a Pandemic: Marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month During COVID-19
5 Ways to Mark the Anniversary of the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Meet the 2020-2021 Eisendrath Legislative Assistants
Reform Jewish Movement Creates Sudan Relief Fund to Address the Needs of Victims of Genocidal Violence in Darfur, Western Sudan
New York, August 13, 2004 - The Union for Reform Judaism announced this week the creation of the Sudan Relief Fund, a humanitarian relief fund to address the needs of victims of genocidal violence in Darfur, Western Sudan.
Addressing Mental Illness in a Time of COVID-19 and Systemic Racism
Resolution in Opposition to the Confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court
Galilee Diary: The Neighbors
Whoever saves one life in Israel [i.e., of a Jew] is as if he had saved an entire world.
– Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:5
Whoever saves one life is as if he had saved an entire world.
Homelessness and Voting Rights: A Jewish Call to Action in 2020
Ki Teitzei: When You Go Out as a Warrior
Parashat Ki Teitzei includes a rich and varied collection of directives that serve as a partial blueprint for behaviors and norms to create the emerging covenantal culture. As Professor Adele Berlin notes, “Issues pertaining to women are prominent in this parashah. . . .
How Tikkun Olam and Pikuah Nefesh Will Help Me Prepare: A #BlogElul Post
Last week I had lunch with a rabbi friend who told me he’s in the midst of preparing four different sermons for the upcoming High Holidays.