Over 100 rabbis from across the liberal Jewish movements join together to applaud Professor Michelle Alexander for breaking the silence on Palestine.
Arts & Cultural Critique
Two Poems
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“And then there will be another election, / and then the takers of bribes will be shown the door, / or possibly fed to the dogs.” Two new poems from Stephanie Burt.
Arts & Cultural Critique
Chuppah
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“This is / why every day I thank God / I was born a woman.” A new poem from Julie R. Enszer.
Taking Back Christmas from the Capitalist Marketplace
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Rabbi Lerner calls upon Christians to take back Christmas from the grasp of the capitalist marketplace.
Emancipatory Spirituality
The Spiritual Challenge of AI, Trans-Humanism, and the Post-Human World
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Kabir Helminski writes about the need for human spiritual development in our increasingly technological age.
Arts & Cultural Critique
“As ‘Infinity Goes on Trial’, All There Is – Is”
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Aubrey L Glazer asks: “how does this devotional poetry relate to, and even sing, like prayer in a post-secular context?”
Emancipatory Spirituality
Thomas Merton, America Has Need of You
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According to John Smelcer, America needs more people like Thomas Merton who realize that protest is essential to democracy.
Spiritual Politics
Hanukah is NOT Hypocrisy–Despite What the NY Times Published on Sunday, Dec. 2nd
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Rabbi Michael Lerner refutes a recent NY Times article by reminding us of the meaning of Chanukah: to reject the dominant sociopolitical systems.
Social Gospel or Prosperity Gospel: A Forum
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Shaul Magid argues––and other scholars respond to his claim––that “American Jews are fighting an uphill battle against privilege at the same time many are devoted to maintaining it.”
Judaism
For the Sins–a contemporary version of atonement on Yom Kippur and all year round–and not just for Jews!
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Rabbi Michael Lerner shares a beautiful, non-denominational prayer in the spirit of healing and transforming our world.
Emancipatory Spirituality
Can you feel the Earthquake?
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Can you feel the Earth quaking? Simon Mont’s prose asks us to envision a beautiful world beyond the pain of oppression and trauma.
Jewish Wisdom
A Prayer of Boundless Love
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Charles Burack meditates on the importance of expanding shema to include all beings––friend and enemy, self and other, human and non-human.
Economy/Poverty/Wealth
A Conversation with Rev. Barber, chair of the Poor People’s Campaign
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Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis in conversation with Poor People’s Campaign co-chair Reverend William Barber on justice, civil disobedience, and inspiring people to moral activism.
Emancipatory Spirituality
Theologies of Genocide and Earth Day Ethics
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Dr. Rev. Brooks Berndt provides a theological framework to rebut climate denialism.
Rethinking Religion
Animals Endowed With Rights
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Leonardo Boff asserts: “Whether one acknowledges the dignity of animals depends on that person’s paradigm (vision of the world and values).” Boff breaks down the two paradigms which we need to subvert in order to grow our ecological consciousness.