Israel/Palestine
Between Two Sermons – From Rage to Redemption, Revenge to Reconciliation
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An exploration of the tension in the Exodus narrative between Israel’s celebration of liberation and a triumphant response to Egyptian suffering.
Tikkun Daily
Elegy for Winthrop, Their Light Upon the Water
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Yet another explosion of hate, of racist violence that has taken the lives of two African Americans, this time in a place very familiar to me…, my hometown of Winthrop, Massachusetts.
Jewish Wisdom
Vayigash and Vayechi: The Climax of Joseph and His Brothers in Egypt
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When ancient Jewish heroes both fail to embody God’s image fully yet attempt forgiveness and transcendence.
Jewish Wisdom
To Cry Out Within the City
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It is the hope of a small template for a sign to be held in a long ago vigil within the city, an artifact and its message that endures, words of witness to remind, words whose urgency is no less today than it was then, proclaiming in block letters, “LET EVERYONE VOTE!”
Tikkun Daily
Choosing Life in Learning and Living the Torah of the Pandemic
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Learning the Torah of the pandemic and living to help promote the greater good.
Jewish Wisdom
Through the Harsh Passages of Torah and Life
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Searching deeply, we can read Torah as a way to challenge violence.
Justice for All
At the Southern Border – “A Laboratory of Injustice, A Landscape of Hope”
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Rabbi Victor Reinstein reports on a recent trip to El Paso and urges us to “see ourselves in every refugee at the southern border,” affirming their humanity.