As our society does teshuva for white supremacy, let us dismantle the idols of oppression to pave the way for a more just and honest present and future.
Let us use this high holiday Teshuva period to do the important work of dismantling racism in our hearts and in our society
In the face of political and natural disaster, Parashat Ki Tavo reminds us to build a just society with joy and a sense of gratitude
“Going to Charlottesville I honestly believed my kippah and tallit would protect me.”
How a radical Jewish calendar helps us live out the Judaism we want to see: one of resistance, justice, celebration, and healing.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe says that eikev is a reminder to sanctify our everyday activities: This “lowly” part of our life is the foundation of our relationship with God, in the same way that the heel is the base upon which the entire body stands and moves. So, too, with the people among us upon whom society has trampled, the people we see every day: a moral accounting of our society is one that acknowledges that our relative privilege is built on the suffering of others.
Jews are suffering. Jews have suffered. Jews will suffer. This is not the full story. Nor is it the only story. But on Tisha b’Av, this is our primary story.
Rabbi Shahar Colt investigates each of the 10 Commandments, wondering “What is each commandment asking me to confront and explore?”
Rabbinical student Laura Bellows on why sometimes Resistance *is* revelation — and how we can turn to our ancestors for wisdom and guidance for both.
As part of our #TorahForTheResistance series by young scholars and students of Judaism and rabbinics, we offer this Counting the Omer for activists.