The Jewish Festival of Passover begins this Saturday evening, March 27, and lasts for eight days. During those days, Jews observing the Festival take part in a number of observances that are all part of the central theme of teaching the lessons of the holiday.
Is There a Multi-Faith Movement for Justice? The answer is a resounding yes! People of all faiths and none have a role to play in building a world of equity, love and justice.
Beloved is where we begin. We are already loved. We are already part of a divinity that is itself love. And we are invited to respond with our love.
The Board of the congregation I serve recently passed a Restorative Justice (RJ) policy. We are in the process of exploring how restorative practices can be applied in the context of a faith community. Most often RJ has been used…
“What it can do — what prayer, at its best and at our best has always done — is help us to live consciously, honorably and compassionately…. As long as prayer helps me to be more loving, then I need…
“The best way of breaking down barriers between people or communities is through simple, unforced acts of kindness. One act can undo years of estrangement.”- Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom The most critical of the…
You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress such a one, for you were sojourners in the Land of Egypt. Exodus 22:20 This verse is read in synagogues this week, as part of the annual re-reading of the Torah. It…