A Message from Rabbi Jonah Pesner on the March for Our Lives
Photo: Donovan Marks, courtesy of Washington National Cathedral.
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, made the following statement about the March for Our Lives:
Praying With Our Feet at the March for Our Lives
Six minutes, and twenty seconds was the time it took for the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to take the lives of 17 innocent people. According to Everytown, an average of 96 Americans per day are killed by guns; seven of those being children or teens.
Passover 2018 Social Justice Resources
A D'Var Torah for the March for Our Lives
This blog post is adapted from the D'Var Torah offered by Aaron Torop at the Reform Movement's gathering in DC before the March for Our Lives.
On Eagle’s Wings
What adults could not accomplish, our teens have begun to make happen, changing the course of our country’s history.
On World AIDS Day, We Reflect on the Epidemic and Its Stigmatization
Today marks World AIDS Day, a day devoted to raising awareness of the AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) epidemic.
Reflecting on the AIDS Epidemic and Stigmatization this World AIDS Day
What Do Jacob the Patriarch and Senator Klobuchar Have in Common?
What’s Jewish About These Laws?
May it be Thy will, my God and the God of my fathers, to protect me against the impudent and against impudence, from bad men and bad companions, from severe sentences and severe plaintiffs, whether a son of the covenant or not.
Hamburger From Sacred Cows
No one can bring us back from the deep dark pit; here the joy of victory and songs of praise are useless… Raise your eyes in hope, not through gun sights; sing a song for love and not for wars [originally - for victories]….