After Parkland, Can We Ever Forgive?
We may never reach a full t’shuvah in our ability to forgive, but we should always strive to make the world better for future generations.
How to Understand the Timelessness of Jewish Time
Although we may think time moves in a linear fashion, Jewish holidays insert themselves in unexpected moments and places, seemingly out-of-sync with our expectations.
Taking Great Social Justice Photos: Tips and Tricks for Marches and Rallies
In the Passover Haggadah, we read “in every generation, a person is obligated to see themselves as though they came forth from Egypt.” Maimonid
How to Take Great Social Justice Photos: Tips and Tricks for Marches and Rallies
We hope this list of tips and tricks will help you and your fellow advocates take and share powerful photos and videos to help drive your social justice work.
Which of Our Actions Will Change the World?
I play a game when I read the paper, posing these questions: Which stories will fade quickly? Which will we remember years from now? Which will change our world forever?
Welcoming the Stranger from the Inside Out
To welcome the stranger is to make our homes, congregations, and countries places of refuge for all. But what about welcoming the stranger into our hearts?
How Diversity Can Make You a Stronger Leader
As leaders, it is incumbent upon us to harness the strength and creativity that comes from diversity to focus and guide our congregations – and our sederim.
Moral Resistance and Spiritual Authority: The Obligations of Our Exodus
We instill in our souls that the Exodus is not simply about freedom from bondage; our master story culminates with the agency to enter into a covenantal community in which all people are bound to one another.
Passover 2018 Social Justice Resources
How We Built a Terrific Website for Our Congregation
When I heard the URJ was switching website platforms, I was apprehensive. Once I learned we were moving to WordPress, I was excited to start the migration of our site.