How do we balance raucous joy with global suffering? Is it sometimes impossible to celebrate, even when the Jewish calendar calls for it? Rabbi Amy Eilberg shares about her skipping Purim in 2019 in response to attacks in Pittsburgh and Christchurch.
Our responsibility is to assert as legitimate the religious identity of those converting to Judaism and those who transition to a different gender identity. We can learn from our support of each of these groups about how to support the other.
Adding onto Rabbi Brant Rosen's response essay, Rabbi Toba Spitzer further defines her use of "narrative" in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the struggle for liberation from trauma and oppression.
Jews and non-Jews have internalized varying degrees of antisemitism, including the insidious idea that Jews should "disappear." This trope of erasure opens up a new frame through which to consider the connections between antisemitism and anti-Zionism.
The enterprise of Talmud Torah tunes our ear to listen for the Divine voice. It is a lifelong project that connects us to the shared consciousness of the Jewish people as we/they have sought God throughout time.
