Pursuing Justice

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As members of local and global Jewish communities, we bear responsibility for pursuing justice and equality for all the citizens of the world. We can all give tzedakah and a little time, while some of us have the capacity to do much more. We make the world better when we fight for justice from a place of humility and love. These rituals and prayers infuse that work with a sense of holiness and perspective to help us do just that.

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“We take a breath / in silence and then / a shofar blower / pierces the summer night / with a wailing cry for justice, for wholeness, for redemption / and release.”
“I am offered no mask, no armor, only a ticket and the instruction to keep walking…”
“Hineni – struggling to envision even  a “fragile peace” with true justice for all peoples…”
“a gift from ancestors who belonged from the outside / who left destroyed shtetls in Russia, in Poland…”
“I want to tell you that I never knew they hated us this much, still! Today is the 250th anniversary of America / I want to know when you knew it was time to leave Russia…”
“My kippah went on my head almost by its own volition. / It only comes off when I sleep. / It goes back on when I dress.”
“Some other night, we will call for courage. This night: The boat safely moored / at the shadowed dock. Sweet dreams.”
“I did not speak out because my voice was trembling too much…”
“May we be worthy of the freedoms entrusted to us.”
“Bless those committed to what may feel like an impossible peace…”

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