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.”
Spiritual Politics
Hanukah is NOT Hypocrisy–Despite What the NY Times Published on Sunday, Dec. 2nd
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Rabbi Michael Lerner refutes a recent NY Times article by reminding us of the meaning of Chanukah: to reject the dominant sociopolitical systems.
Jewish Wisdom
Venery: a Prayer
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Richard Michelson reflects on the Pittsburgh massacre: “An anguish of mothers / A coward of congressmen / A plague of Martyrs / A martyr of angels.”
Social Gospel or Prosperity Gospel: A Forum
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Shaul Magid argues––and other scholars respond to his claim––that “American Jews are fighting an uphill battle against privilege at the same time many are devoted to maintaining it.”
Arts & Cultural Critique
Shiv’ah
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J. David Cummings’s poem calls for solidarity in grief: “he taught me that the grieving heart / speaks everywhere a single prayer.”
Poetry & Fiction
My Mourner’s Kaddish, Recited with a Minyan of Ancestral Ghosts
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In this poem, Jay Eddy responds to the massacre of Jews at a Pittsburgh Temple: “
Judaism
For the Sins–a contemporary version of atonement on Yom Kippur and all year round–and not just for Jews!
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Rabbi Michael Lerner shares a beautiful, non-denominational prayer in the spirit of healing and transforming our world.
Judaism
Everything I Need to Know About Teshuvah I Learned From the Shofar…
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Lisa Rappaport writes: “The shofar is also a symbol of return. And it has many lessons to teach us…When we study its details, we come to understand that the very nature of teshuvah is built into the structure and sound of the shofar.”
Jewish Wisdom
A Prayer of Boundless Love
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Charles Burack meditates on the importance of expanding shema to include all beings––friend and enemy, self and other, human and non-human.
Other Voices
Mourner’s Kaddish for Gaza Palestinians
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Instead of mourning privately––a betrayal of Jewish values––Andy Ratto encourages us to follow his example and publicly mourn the death of Palestinians in Gaza in a “not only personal, but also a public act of spiritual and political solidarity.”
Other Voices
A Jewish Approach to the Poor People’s Campaign
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Rabbi Debra Kolodny reflects on the yovel, personal righteousness, and how the Poor People’s Campaign is the embodiment of the obligation to act to empower those who have less.
Judaism
2 articles on Lag b’Omer
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Rabbi Mike Moskowitz and Taya Shere share their reflections on Lag B’omer.
Other Voices
The Torah Before The Torah…A Book Review of The Kedumah Experience
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Aubrey L. Glazer reviews Zvi Ish-Shalom’s new book “Kedumah Experience: The Primordial Torah” and find that it “provides spiritual ways towards the truth that can only be found by the individual seeker.”