Social Justice 32
Taking the Day Off: Freedom Dreaming on Shabbat
A break from labor, even the labor of social change, may be as radical as the work itself. Shabbat elevates to new importance in the Trump era.
In Reply to Shmuel Rosner: (How) Should We Talk About Politics at Seders?
Shmuel Rosner misunderstands the Exodus, prioritizing national solidarity above “worn-out political debates”— and is badly mistaken.
Ten Lessons from the Haggadah for Jewish Activists
Ten lessons from the new AJWS Haggadah -- Next Year in a Just World -- for Jewish social justice activists.
Giving Tochecha to Benay Lappe
Two trans Jewish activists respond to Benay Lappe's comments on the Judaism Unbound podcast that erased trans women of color in the gay movement.
Auburn Seminary launches Justice Ministry Education certificate
From our friends at Auburn Seminary comes a major new program: a Justice Ministry Education certificate for faith-based social justice leaders and organizers.
After the Orlando Shooting, Why Raise Kids in a Faith?
After the religiously-motivated Orlando shooting, a Jewish mother and her non-Jewish husband reconsiders why raise any child in a faith?
Strange Thoughts- A new take on Loving the Stranger
Just as every year the haggadah tells us we must see ourselves as if we personally left Egypt and were personally redeemed from oppression, so every year we must push ourselves out of our comfort zones and try to embrace new and "strange" habits of mind and thoughts. We cannot rely on what was once difficult and brave for us but is now part of our regular internal conversation or behavior.
