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Category: Pursuing Justice

Human Rights Shabbat: Campaign to End Mass Incarceration
By Rabbi Seth Wax
November 30, 2015
But we must recall the innate human dignity of every person, every prisoner, and recognize their need for healing, too.
Altered Harvest: Sukkot and Climate Change
By Rav Kohenet Jill Hammer
October 1, 2015
The sukkah is one profound place to remember the effects of global scorching on all of us.
May All Debts Be Forgiven
By Nati Passow
September 24, 2015
How can we embrace the powerful exercise of Shmita in a way that is both personally meaningful and works to restore the fabric of our community?
Yizkor: Remembering Victims of Sexual Assault
By Ariana Katz
September 21, 2015
Our most holy texts make it clear that we may not stand idly by while violence is perpetrated in our midst.
Sukkat Shalom: October 4th
By Rabbi Arthur Waskow
September 3, 2015
Every once in a long while, different streams of time flow together in a way that seems uncanny—even miraculous.
Call for Submissions: Jewish Responses to Climate Change
By Ritualwell
August 27, 2015
We welcome your submissions for a virtual “assembly” of voices that weave in Jewish teachings, rituals, and prayers in response to climate change
Creating a New
By Rabbi Michelle Greenfield
June 15, 2015
At the end of
Pokeakh Ivrim: Opening our Minds to New Forms of Inclusion
By Lauren Tuchman
June 9, 2015
Typically when we think of access in general and in Jewish community specifically, we first default to thinking about physical access—is the
#ReimagineDisability in the Jewish Community
By Ritualwell
June 8, 2015
This past Friday afternoon, while Twitter experienced a "glut" of tweets recognizing #NationalDonutDay, @Ritualwell had a slightly different agenda. We hosted the second in our series of #ReimagineRitual Twitter chats, this one on #ReimagineDisability. Following a successful first chat on #ReimagineBnaiMitzvah, this chat started a conversation on ways in which the Jewish community can become more inclusive of folks with disabilities.
First-person Plural: On Participating in Jewish Community as a Deaf Person
By Jeffery Zuckerman
June 1, 2015
Judaism is as much a community as a religion, and as such it is deeply rooted in ritual and tradition. This communal nature is cemented by speaking and singing in unison, commingling individual voices within a rhythmic repetition of sh’ma

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