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Vayeshev, Yosef’s brothers, and Gaza

by Rabbi Amelia Wolf
"More and more I begin to believe that we are as defined by those calls for help we do not answer than as by those calls that we do."
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Resources for Responding to Israel-Gaza War

by Rabbi Matthew Dreffin, Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson, Rabbi Jenna Shaw
We offer these texts as starting points for rabbis and cantors to speak to their communities after this first full week of war. When we have no real answers to provide people in this painful time of uncertainty, the best we can do is offer teaching that orients and grounds us.
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Immigration Justice Teachings for Sukkot

by Rabbi Matthew Dreffin, Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson, Rabbi Jenna Shaw
The connection between Sukkot and immigration is incredibly rich.
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Israel Resources for Clergy: High Holidays 5784

by Rabbi Matthew Dreffin, Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson, Rabbi Jenna Shaw
Resources for Jewish clergy preparing to talk and teach about Israel on the High Holidays.
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Shabbat Hazon: Massachusetts Reimagining Communities Sermon & Study Toolkit

by Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, with resources from Rabbi Becky Silverstein, Rabbi Jim Morgan, and Rabbi Shahar Colt
T'ruah invites Massachusetts clergy to use this toolkit as a way to connect the decarceration of women and girls in the Commonwealth with Shabbat Hazon.
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Shavuot 2023: A Sampling of (M)oral Torah

by Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, with resources from Rabbi Becky Silverstein, Rabbi Jim Morgan, and Rabbi Shahar Colt
These 7 divrei Torah, one for each of the 7 weeks of the Omer that lead up to Shavuot, span the breadth of the entire Torah, from Genesis to Deuteronomy, and come from 7 exceptional T'ruah rabbis who lend their voices to the call for a more just and moral world.
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Connecting Parshat Tazria-Metzora to the Moment in Israel

by Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, with resources from Rabbi Becky Silverstein, Rabbi Jim Morgan, and Rabbi Shahar Colt
A resource for clergy speaking about Israel at 75.
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Israel at 75 Resources for Clergy: Shabbat of April 21-22, 2023

by Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, with resources from Rabbi Becky Silverstein, Rabbi Jim Morgan, and Rabbi Shahar Colt
As Jewish clergy we have an obligation to raise our moral voices against injustice being perpetrated at home and abroad.
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Come and Learn: A Modern Immigration Midrash

by T'ruah
Read at your seder table where your haggadah instructs you to read the midrash on “My Father Was A Wandering Aramean” during Magid.
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Kernels of Inspiration for the Yamim Noraim (Days of Awe) 2022

by Rabbi Mona Alfi, Rabbi James M. Bennett, Rabbi Barry Block, Rabbi Lauren Henderson, Rabbi Arielle Lekach-Rosenberg
Five chaverim share thoughts on a social-justice-themed sermon they might give in the upcoming High Holiday season. We hope that their insights will move your intellectual gears as you prepare to deliver sacred messages to your community.  Each chaver will share a topic, the text they are basing their sermon around, and the takeaway they...
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