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The Four Questions: A Racial Justice Conversation for Your Passover Seder

At seder tables, we ask four questions to remind ourselves of our purpose. This year, we ask you to add four more questions to connect our ancient rituals to the demands of this moment in the struggle for racial justice.

Women holding hands in front of a rainbow flag

The Passover Seder’s Four Children and LGBTQ Inclusion: Moving Toward Full Hospitality

We read, “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” These words have taken on deep meaning for me as I came out of the closet, got married, and had kids of my own: Our freedom and redemption are founded on being inclusive and welcoming.

Every Day is Earth Day: Jewish Holidays and Environmental Justice

Since 1970, the United States has celebrated Earth Day every April. By contrast, ancient Jewish celebrations throughout the year remind us of our responsibility to safeguard the fragile planet God has entrusted to our care. Almost all of our Jewish observances reflect environmental concerns.

Galilee Diary: Galilee encounters

Rabbi Marc J. Rosenstein

Three encounters from a day with 50 students from HUC, spending their first year in Israel before beginning their studies at the stateside campuses.

Galilee Diary: Winter

Rabbi Marc J. Rosenstein

It is life we want, no more and no less than that, our own life feeding on our own vital sources, in the fields and under the skies of our homeland, a life based on our own physical and mental labors; we want vital energy and spiritual richness from this living source.