Radical Justice?
"You shall appoint magistrates and officials for your tribes, in all your settlements that the Eternal your God is giving you, and they shall govern the people with due justice.
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.
Reform Jewish Movement Concerned by Renewed Detention of Sudan's Meriam Ibrahim
Rabbi David Saperstein: "We were heartened by yesterday's announcement that a Sudanese court had ordered Ms. Ibrahim's release. Sudanese leaders had urged trust in their judiciary and yesterday seemed to affirm that call.
Syrian Refugees
With more than 500,000 people displaced to neighboring countries by the violent civil war in Syria, the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief (JCDR) has opened a fund to provide humanitarian aid to the refugees.
A Prayer for Three Missing Israeli Teens
As the search continues for three missing Israeli teens, fear turns to prayer in Israel and among people of conscience around the world.
Honoring Our Legacy by Continuing the Work
I marvel at the key role the Reform Movement played in advancing and achieving civil rights, both in the lead-up to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and in the years since.
Planning A Congregational Trip to Israel
Galilee Diary: Jewish Values
[Jeremiah] spoke to King Zedekiah…: Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live! (for this is Israel’s punishment for injustice and idolatry)
– Jeremiah 27:12
Strange Fruit
After seeing the infamous 1930 photograph by Lawrence Beitler, which depicts the mob lynching of two young black men, a Jewish high school teacher named Abel Meeropol wrote a haunting poem titled "Strange Fruit." The poem was first published in 1936 in The New York Teacher, a union magaz