Anti-Semitism: The Holocaust and Modern Genocide
The Moral Imperative of Non-Discrimination
Amidst the suffering and conflict occurring in too many parts of the world, the White House delivered good news and something to celebrate this week.
Note from Israel: A Rabbi Reflects on a Difficult Week
It has been a difficult time in Israel. I have been here in Eretz Yisrael for more than a week now, arriving just before they found the bodies of Eyal, Gilad, and Naftali.
Shabbat Tzedek: Sample Sermon for MLK Day
The Black Jews Are Tired
As fulfilling as it was to engage in Shavuot programs, a lot weighs on me. With COVID-19 continuing to ravage Black communities and racist violence all over the news, I almost feel like it’s Yom Kippur instead – the time when Jews are supposed to be most aware of their own mortality.
Ways Reform Jews Can Act Now for Racial Justice
Here are eight ways that white Reform Jews, especially, can act now in pursuit of social justice, both directly on a systemic level. These includes advocacy for policy change and for confronting racism within our own communities, and are guided by contributions and feedback from Jews of Color.
Honoring Our Legacy by Continuing the Work
As I think back on my years of service and involvement in Jewish communal life, 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.
Reform Rabbis Travel to Israel in Show of Solidarity
We know that the timing of this mission may not be convenient. But we also know this: Our presence in Israel, at this critical juncture, as North American Reform Rabbis, especially our interaction with some of those most directly impacted by recent events, will demonstrate more eloquently to the people of Israel than anything else we could say or do that they are not alone in this struggle, that the Central Conference of American Rabbis stands with the State of Israel and all its citizens in good times and bad.
Galilee Diary: What I Did This Summer
All Israel are responsible for [the sins of] each other.
– Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 27b