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Yom Kippur: Atoning for Our Patterns

While we don’t make the same mistakes each year, the mistakes we make come from similar places. Repentance is a way of approaching the struggles at the core of our being, rather than just feeling guilt for discrete acts of harm.

Responsibility, Guilt, Teshuva

Sources and guiding questions to help inspire and support Jewish clergy as they bring the ethical teachings of our tradition to their communities this High Holiday season.

Ladino socialist publication La Bos del Pueblo. Credit: New York Public Library.

A MULTI-ROOTED MOVEMENT: Sephardic Activists and Horizontal Alliances in the Early 20th Century

New scholarly work on how Jews of past generations advanced groundbreaking multiracial coalition work, and what the tensions they faced — including racism within the Jewish community — say about conditions today.

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Sukkot: Building Housing in God’s Backyard

by Rabbi Raysh Weiss
Where and how we live so deeply defines our relationship not only to ourselves, but to others and even to God. Stable, safe housing affords us the opportunity for refuge, growth, and connection.
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Photo of the author, Rabbi Jonah Winer

Yom Kippur: Atoning for Our Patterns

by Rabbi Jonah Winer
While we don’t make the same mistakes each year, the mistakes we make come from similar places. Repentance is a way of approaching the struggles at the core of our being, rather than just feeling guilt for discrete acts of harm.
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Rosh Hashanah: Tears on the Altar

by Rabbi Jill Jacobs
God hears the cries and responds to the tears of Jews and non-Jews alike. God even responds to the tears of characters elsewhere disparaged as evil.
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VOTING AND DEMOCRACY: One Possible Halakhic Approach

by Rabbi David Polsky
Rabbi david Polsky reflects on what Jewish tradition has to say about voting and democratic practice.
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Ladino socialist publication La Bos del Pueblo. Credit: New York Public Library.

A MULTI-ROOTED MOVEMENT: Sephardic Activists and Horizontal Alliances in the Early 20th Century

by Professor Devin E. Naar, PhD
New scholarly work on how Jews of past generations advanced groundbreaking multiracial coalition work, and what the tensions they faced — including racism within the Jewish community — say about conditions today.
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Antisemitism Resources

T'ruah's collected resources on antisemitism.
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Ki Tavo: Fear Is the Barrier to Peace

by Rabbi Richard Ettelson, Ph.D
We are strangers to others, and others are strangers to us.
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Why T’ruah Opposes Codifying the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

T'ruah is committed to fighting antisemitism and to ensuring the safety, wellbeing, and vibrancy of the Jewish people. It is because of this commitment that we oppose any effort to codify definitions of antisemitism into policy or law, including the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s definition of antisemitism. 
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Alternative Prayers for the State of Israel and Prayers for Our Country

by T'ruah
One of the elements of our communal prayers that bears the most potential for connection or disconnection are the prayers for Israel and the United States.
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Ki Tetze: Safety and Dignity for All Workers

by Rabbi Sarah Weissman
The Torah teaches us that we have a special duty, not only to avoid exploiting, but to actively care for the poorest and most vulnerable in our communities. As we celebrate Labor Day, let us do all we can to ensure that every person [especially immigrant workers] can live and work in safety and dignity.
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