Elegy for Newtown
What does the murder of 20 of our most precious and most vulnerable creations and six of their teachers who loved them tell us about ourselves? What does it tell us about our society that we cannot even protect our children?
Fifth Anniversary of Virginia Tech Massacre
Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of the horrific shooting at Virginia Tech, where a mentally disturbed student named Seung-Hui Cho opened fire on his classmates, killing 32 and wounding 25 others.
VAWA Passes the Senate!
First Indictment for Anti-Gay Hate Crime Under Federal Hate Crimes Law
Kevin Pennington, the alleged victim of the attack.
For Our Creative Survival: Liberal Zionists Speak Out
The following column is part of a series. For more, go to Liberal Zionists Speak Out.
I am a Zionist.
Social Justice & America’s Top 50 Rabbis
Turbulence in Sudan and South Sudan
Galilee Diary: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke
…So I know the sea was not split in vain Deserts not crossed in vain – If at the end of the story stand Daddy and the kid Looking forward and knowing their turn will come. -from "The Kid of the Haggadah" by Nathan Alterman (trans. Arthur Waskow and Judy Spelman)
History of Jewish Immigration to Israel (Aliyah)
Immigrant Roots, Immigrant Rights: The Ten Plagues
The following is an excerpt from “Immigrant Roots, Immigrant Rights,” a haggadah created for Jews United For Justice’s 11th Annual Labor Seder.