General News
Hate Speech, Violence, and Sacred Texts
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Rabbi Lester Scharnberg delves into how we should look at sacred texts that concern genocide, racism, and hatred of others.
Healing Israel/Palestine
Israel@70: Fixing the way we pray for the State
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As we approach Israel’s 70th birthday, Rabbi David Seidenberg, reminding us that peace requires more than inclusion, revises the traditional prayer for the State of Israel so that “our prayer for peace [is] a prayer that teaches peace.”
Judaism
Stepping into Leadership: the Magic of Self-Acceptance
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Developing this particular version of humility, the true dis-identification with our strengths and, from that, the ability to enjoy them, can then become fuel for our leadership as well as clarity about what to call on when we embrace leadership, when we plan our actions, when we choose how to respond in a moment of challenge. These are the baseline qualities that we will lean into and build our leadership around.
Christianity
Prodigal God and Restorative Justice
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Stephen Siemens reflects on the parable of “The Prodigal Son,” and provides us with this important reminder: “If we are promoting restorative justice, then our lives must be equally and irresistibly compelling to those with whom we are in dialogue.”
Christianity
At-One-Ment, Not Atonement
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Arguing that salvation is about “at-one-ment” rather than atonement, Fr. Richard Rohr reminds us that “Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity […]! Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God!”
Healing Israel/Palestine
Finding My Place as an Anti-Occupation Reform Jew
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Netanya Perluss writes about the experience of being an anti-occupation Reform Jew: “My Jewish life encouraged me to call out injustices and work to make our world a better place.”
Healing Israel/Palestine
Why A Ramah Counselor Spoke-Out About the Occupation at Ramah Headquarters Last Week
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Not once, in my combined ten years at Ramah in the Berkshires and Ramah in the Rockies, did anyone mention the Occupation. We don’t talk about it because we want to pretend it doesn’t exist every summer.
Judaism
This Week’s Torah Portion
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Perhaps, in the future, Hebron will be transformed from a place focused on burial and death to a place where the silenced get their voices back and speak up to share a multiplicity of narratives.
art
Photo Series, Part III: Ramsal
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“And when I started approaching religion from that space, God had a sex change for me.”
Judaism
Where Were You When Rabin Was Shot?
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Judaism, like any organism, only lives when it can breathe some outside air.