Judaism
Call to action: hang image of menorah in your window
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Join us and stand in solidarity with the Jewish community: say no to anti-Semitism by hanging an image of a menorah in your window.
Interfaith
Ecumenism of the Deep Well
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Pat Devine reflects on the need for deep ecumenism, given that “we now live in an interdependent world and that the quality that is needed in order for the human species to survive is cooperation.”
Healing Israel/Palestine
A Visit to a Settlement: A Catalyst for Righteous Anger
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Paul Von Blum reflects on his first and last visit to an Israeli settlement, activism, and how writing can be a powerful tool to channel political anger.
Politics & Society
Light Shines Down on Our Tree of Life
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Margee Burch responds to the Pittsburgh massacre: “The spark of life within each of us darkens with each tragedy, but also drives us toward one another.”
General News
An American Kaddish
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Daniel Stein Kokin writes an American kaddish that honors people killed in mass shootings.
Immigration
An “exodus” rather than a “caravan”
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The Rev. Dr. Karen Bloomquist argues that we should refer to the thousands of mostly Hondurans fleeing oppression and violence as an “exodus” instead of a “caravan”; such a shift in language, she contends, might encourage people of faith to seek compassionate justice rather than perpetuate fear and violence.
art
On a Day Like Today
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Bruce Silverman responds to the shooting at Tree of Life in Pittsburgh: “my prayer is that our tired / eyes can see and our broken / hearts can hear.”
Environment
Report from the Climate Summit
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Ellie Lyla Lerner reports on the Global Climate Action Summit and the importance of young people’s involvement in creating a sustainable future.
Gender and Sexuality
Beyond Patriarchy
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For deflated optimists and radical pessimists, both, this election boils down to a simple binary choice. Letty Cottin Pogrebin reflects on feminism, the importance of voting, and shares ideas of how we can get out the vote between now and Election Day.