Abuse in the Family
Adopted by the Board of Trustees
May 1992
Minneapolis, MN
South Africa
In Jewish religious tradition, as well as in Jewish historical experience, racism is an ultimate evil. Our prophets and rabbis taught that all human beings are created in the image of God and have an equal claim to equity and justice.
Support of The Annapolis Peace Conference
BACKGROUND
Missionaries and Deprogramming
While the right to proselytize in our society is protected by constitutional guarantees of religious liberty, we are concerned, nonetheless, by the current intensification of missionary activity directed toward Jews in many parts of this country.
Refugees and Sanctuary
We are instructed in the Holiness Code (Lev. 19:33) to take to heart the lessons of our own history by treating aliens in our midst with justice and compassion. "When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall do him no wrong.
Ending Global Poverty
Background
Why I Am a Zionist for Black Lives Matter
As an Israeli citizen and white citizen of the United States, I believe that Black Lives Matter – and that no American of good conscience can simply opt out of engaging with the pervasive issue of racism in America. If we will it, it is no dream.
Sheltering in Place: Tents and Torah
My boys are making forts using all the pillows in the house. They strong-armed my husband into setting up our camping tent outside, and they sit there as the day grows hot. They are slinging blankets over couches, pulling mattresses off the frames: they are sheltering in place...
A World at Peace
48th General Assembly
November 1965
San Francisco, CA
September 11 and Its Aftermath
BACKGROUND
The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon seem so long ago and yet remain so fresh in our minds.