Part of what makes this ritual particularly meaningful for me is a simple innovation my father added to Elijah’s Cup: after filling the goblet, he places six memorial (yahrtzeit) candles around it.
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The Biblical Nachshon and the Poor People’s Campaign
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We need to jump into perilous waters like Nachshon at the Sea of Reeds.
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Haggadah for Beyt Tikkun Liberation Seder
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We are excited to share our 2020 Haggadah for our Beyt Tikkun/Tikkun Liberation Seder.
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Review: The Promise of the Land
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Rabbi Jonathan Seidel reviews a new environmentally sensitive Haggadah by Ellen Bernstein—this Haggadah carries an essential message for our time.
The Book of Esther, the Exodus, and U.S. Politics: A Leap of Faith
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Cat Zavis explores how the contrasting worldviews portrayed in the Books of Esther and Exodus manifest also in the political debates of our times.
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The UK and the USA: Some Nasty Parallels?
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Victor Grossman sees undeniable parallels between elections in the USA and the UK—namely, the Right misusing “anti-Semitism” for political advantage.
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Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness
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Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi reviews Stephen Mitchell’s Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness—a novelistic version of the Biblical story of Joseph—whose message is one of compassion and gratitude.
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A Chanukah and Christmas message—not platitudes
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This holiday season, Rabbi Lerner urges readers of all faiths to celebrate the potentially liberatory elements of their spiritual traditions and practices.
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Jersey City
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Rabbi Noa Kushner reflects on the third American anti-semitic shooting in just over a year: “If this continues, I fear that soon we will lose more of ourselves.”
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Yom Kippur Confessions and Thoughts 5780
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Rabbi Arik Ascherman provides this short and long vidui and calls on us to “‘Be the one,’ so that together we will be the many.”
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Isaiah For Our Time: To Transform the World
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In his teaching for Yom Kippur, Rabbi Michael Zimmerman compares the teachings of the prophet Isaiah with Rabbi Lerner’s new book Revolutionary Love: “Lerner reveals hidden facets of Isaiah’s vision just as Isaiah demonstrates the deep Jewish roots of Lerner’s lifelong project to heal society.”
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A selichah for ourselves and our country on Yom Kippur
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In this selichah, Aryeh Cohen asks Our Creator to seed us with the conviction to build a country founded upon righteousness, truth, and justice.
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Transformation and Forgiveness
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The repentance and forgiveness themes of the Jewish High Holidays are not just for Jews. America needs repentance. Click on the photo below to read more.
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Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz
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Rabbi Timoner praises Rabbi Moskowitz’s new book for illuminating truths and insights into Judaism that have been hidden there all along.
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Gershom Sholem and Jacob Neusner: their previously unknown relationship
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Daniel Herskowitz uncovers the epistolary relationship between Sholem and Neusner, one that “sheds light on the evolution of twentieth century study of religion and study of Judaism.”