Parental Prayer
“May you soak up every drop of deep nourishment your family provides, seeing yet avoiding bitter waters, choosing and strengthening that which is sweet in your inheritance.”
Progressive Approaches to Jewish Divorce: A Reconstructionist Perspective
The Reconstructionist approach seeks to elevate the pastoral possibilities of Jewish divorce, focusing on the emotional, spiritual and personal dimensions rather than on the technical processes of halakha.
Prayer at the Funeral of Someone Who Died by Suicide
A prayer to comfort the mourners and acknowledge the divine image in all those who sufferÂ
Remembering Those We Loved
Deepening the experience of saying Yizkor with a physical reminder of departed loved ones
HaShachar
A poem inspired by Birchot HaShachar, or the morning blessings
Ten Ways to Bring Human Rights to Your Seder
Try these thoughtful additions from T’ruah to infuse your Passover seder with human rights awareness and action
Tomato on the Seder Plate
Addressing modern slavery and human trafficking during the Passover seder
A Prayer for Human Rights
A prayer from T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights to protect human rights and human dignity
A Prayer for the Government
Originally written for Human Rights Shabbat, this prayer seeks to capture the hope that the social justice teachings of Torah, and the ethical impulses they inspire, will be mirrored in the actions of our governments on all levels.
Making Seder and Kiddush More Inclusive
“Wine or grape juice?” and why we should make both available at our communal celebrations
