The vort is here! Vort = yiddish for “word,” often refers to a short, shared Torah idea or insight.
This week’s vort is written yours truly, coming out of the anonymous blogger closet (I used to be Davidsbundler, a way too obscure classical musical reference that I thought was awesome and not a single person in the world got. Philistines!) Different contributors will be writing on connections between the weekly Torah portion to justice, spirituality, ritual, worship, and more! If you’re interested in contributing, email me at my name (see above) @gmail.com. And now, for this week’s vort on Parashat Bereishit
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Since launching on May 12th, Uri L’Tzedek’s Tav HaYosher has sealed an additional four places in Manhattan (and unfortunately had to remove two). Check out
Exactly one year to the day after revelations of highly treif labor practices at Agriprocessors, Uri L’Tzedek, the Orthodox Social Justice Movement, is publicly launching
From yesterday’s JTA, see full article here: In New York, Uri L’Tzedek, a social justice group founded last year by rabbinical students at the liberal
From the Uri L’Tzedek website: On May 23rd of this year, Uri L’Tzedek wrote an open letter to Aaron Rubashkin, expressing how deeply upset we
From the Agriprocessor PR machine: AN INVITATION You are invited to join a select group of community leaders at an URGENT LEADERSHIP MEETING on THE