Read our 2019 Liberation Passover Seder Haggadah.
Jewish Wisdom
The Politics of Miracle
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In his reading and translation of Rabbi Ya’akov Moshe Charlap, Shaul Magid aruges that the true miracle of the exodus from Egypt is the possibility of revolution.
Jewish Wisdom
Book Review: A Jewdas Haggadah
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Ren Finkel reviews the Jewdas Haggadah, a radical, satirical take on the traditional Haggadah that “reminds us to find space to laugh and sing and play while ‘being Jewish in a time just before the revolution.'”
Tikkun Daily
A Ballad in the Key of 4G
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In this personal narrative, Edwin Black traces a lineage of Holocaust survivors across four generations and reminds us of the need to never forget.
Jewish Wisdom
Facing Two Different Forms of Antisemitism
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Arthur Waskow argues that, when facing antisemitism from marginalized groups in our society, we must respond not with rage but compassionate challenge and listening.
Jewish Wisdom
Juxtaposing the Rise of Kahanism and Purim
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Joshua Shanes warns of the danger of “mainstream” Zionism: as it “grows ever more rightwing, its nationalist and racist interpretations of the Torah increasingly drown out the more humanist ones.”
Emancipatory Spirituality
The Important Dialogue Today is Between Mecca and Jerusalem
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Ariel Horowitz speaks with Professor Avi Elqayam about secular spirituality, translation, and the need to “liberate Kabbalah from academia.”
Jewish Wisdom
Jewish Prayers for Our Government and Peace
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Rabbi Chai Levy and Cat Zavis offer two alternatives to traditional Jewish prayers––one for “when the President declares a National Emergency,” another for peace.
Zeroing in on the Narrative Dimension of the Zohar
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Read Prof. Eitan Fishbane’s remarks on his new book, The Art of Mystical Narrative.
Remarks on Eitan Fishbane
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Read Prof. David Roskies’s remarks on Eitan Fishbane’s new book, The Art of Mystical Narrative.
How to Experience the Zohar’s Splendor
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Read Prof. Sharon Kohen’s remarks on Eitan Fishbane’s new book, The Art of Mystical Narrative.
Reflections on The Art of Mystical Narrative: A Poetics of the Zohar
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Read Prof. Lawrence Fine’s remarks on Eitan Fishbane’s new book, The Art of Mystical Narrative.
Jewish Wisdom
Symposium on The Art of Mystical Narrative by Eitan Fishbane
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Read the various articles presentation at a recent symposium in celebration of Eitan Fishbane’s new book, The Art of Mystical Narrative.
Israel/Palestine
Rabbinic Letter in Support of Professor Michelle Alexander
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Over 100 rabbis from across the liberal Jewish movements join together to applaud Professor Michelle Alexander for breaking the silence on Palestine.
Creative Liturgy
The Dreidel-a-gram, or the 4 Laws of Money and Who We Are and Can Be at Any Moment – As the Spinning Stops
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Phil Wolfson argues that the Dreidel is “a compass to locate your self in this domain of the material.”