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We Were Once Slaves
Because we were once slaves, Michael Zimmerman explains, we can feel the suffering of other oppressed groups without having experienced it directly. Seeking justice does not need to be rewarded, as it is a privilege and a right to campaign on behalf of other marginalized communities.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/we-were-once-slaves
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Racism in the Jewish Community
Co-written by Rabbi Sandra Lawson and Donna Cephas, this essay examines the assumption that all Jews are white, while touching on a myriad of interrelated issues: conversion, interracial families, adoption, Ashkenazi privilege and political correctness.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/racism-jewish-community
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Radical Inclusion
Declarations that everyone is welcome in a community are insufficient for Jews who do not identify as white. Jewishness is not the sole or primary identity for those who are oppressed and endangered because of the color of their skin.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/radical-inclusion
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Reimagining Jewish Community Sermon Sparks
Download these text studies inspired by the essays in Reimagining Jewish Community, by Rabbi Rachel Weiss, Rabbi Brian Field, and Rabbi Ariana Katz.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/reimagining-jewish-community-sermon-sparks
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Israel & Us: Creating a New Narrative
Drawing from her involvement with groups ranging from T’ruah to the New Jewish Agenda, Rabbi Toba Spitzer explains the power of two disparate narratives in describing, understanding and working to find commonality within the American Jewish discourse on Israel/Palestine.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/israel-us-creating-new-narrative
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Our Responsibility
Drawing from teachings in the Babylonian Talmud, Rabbi David Teutsch teaches that “silence is consent.” For American Jewish communities, keeping silent about injustice emerging in Israel makes Jews complicit in those acts of injustice.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/our-responsibility
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Why We Do What We Do
Drawing from teachings in the Babylonian Talmud, Rabbi David Teutsch teaches that “silence is consent.” For American Jewish communities, keeping silent about injustice emerging in Israel makes Jews complicit in those acts of injustice.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/why-we-do-what-we-do
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Micah's Message
Fighting for immigration reform and safety for refugees is a clear “charge of Torah,” writes Amy Small. Many generations of Jews are invigorated by long-held Jewish values of pursuing justice and protecting the “stranger.”
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/micahs-message
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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My name is Dev, and my pronouns are ‘they’ and ‘them’
Having their choice of pronouns respected is very important to a trans or nonbinary person. They perpetually face the false but ubiquitous assumption that the male/female binary includes all gender identities.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/my-name-dev-and-my-pronouns-are-they-and-them
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Justice Work is a Mitzvah
How do we work to make things better? This interpretation of the morning Shaharit offers a way in: to act in spiritual alignment with creation for a more equitable and just world.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/justice-work-mitzvah
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
