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Tzedakah: Putting Your Money Where Your Values Are
Sources from essay by Rabbi Marina Yergin in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•332 Views•March 13, 2023•Tzedakah,Justice,Charity,VaYakhel,Parshat Vayakel
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Shedding Light on Solidarity: A Candle Loses Nothing by Lighting Another Candle
Sources from essay by Imani Romney-Rosa Chapman & ​​​​​​​Rabbi Ellen Lippmann in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•672 Views•June 5, 2023•B'ha'alotekha,Beha'alotcha,Solidarity,Light
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One Person, One Vote: A Biblical Precedent
Sources from essay by Rabbi Noam Katz in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•423 Views•September 22, 2023•Haazinu,Ha'azinu,Voting,Parshat Haazinu
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Voting Rights: A Constitutional Covenant
Sources from essay by Rabbi Erica Seager Asch in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•575 Views•September 6, 2023•Parashat Nitzavim,Nitzavim,Voting,Covenant
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Reproductive Justice and Levirate Marriage: May I Not Go Out Empty
Sources from essay by Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•611 Views•August 22, 2023•Reproductive Justice,Levirate Marriage,Parashat Ki Teitzei,Ki Teitze
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Lynching: Justice and the Idolatrous Tree
Sources from essay by Rabbi Thomas M. Alpert in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•572 Views•August 14, 2023•Parashat Shoftim,Shoftim,Racial Justice,Parshat Shoftim
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How Do Our Monuments Help or Hurt Our Memories of the Past?
Sources from essay by Rabbi Ariel Naveh in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•565 Views•August 7, 2023•Re'eh,Parshat Re'eh,Memory
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Atoning for Our Broken Covenants: Righting America's Racial Wrongs
Sources from essay by Rabbi Judith Schindler in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•544 Views•July 31, 2023•Parashat Eikev,Eikev,Racial Justice,Race
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You Shall Not Murder: Gun Violence Prevention
Sources from essay by Rabbi Andrea C. London in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•597 Views•July 26, 2023•Gun Control,Vaetchanan,Parshat Vaetchanan,Pikuach Nefesh,Guns
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A Covenant of Peace for All Who Enter Jewish Spaces
Sources from essay by Chris Harrison in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•553 Views•June 29, 2023•Intermarriage,Continuity,Pinchas,Zealotry,Parashat Pinchas
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The Cities of Refuge and Restorative Justice
Sources from essay by Rabbi Denise L. Eger in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•680 Views•June 30, 2023•Masei,Cities of Refuge,Justice
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Balaam Is Watching: The Jewish Response to Black Lives Matter
Sources from essay by Rabbi Ken Chasen in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•771 Views•June 26, 2023•Balaam and Israel,Parshat Balak,Racial Justice,Balak
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Dissent for the Sake of Heaven: American Jews and Israel
Sources from essay by Rabbi Ethan Bair in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•600 Views•June 14, 2023•Parashat Korach,Machloket,Disagreement,Korach,Machloket l'Shem Shamayim,State of Israel
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The Rights and Duties of Citizenship
Sources from essay by Rabbi Seth M. Limmer in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•650 Views•June 12, 2023•Sh'lach l'Cha,Strangers,Citizenship,Shlach,Responsibility,Personal Responsibility,Sh'lach,Community
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The Death Penalty: From Jealous Rage to Dubious Deterrence
Sources from essay by Rabbi Ronald Stern in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•573 Views•May 31, 2023•Capital Punishment,Death Penalty,Ordeal of Drinking the Sotah Water,Sotah
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Counting Justly: Lifting Up Every Head
Sources from essay by Ilana Kaufman in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•697 Views•May 7, 2023•Jews of Color,Counting the Jewish People,Counting,Censuses,Parashat Bemidbar
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Does the Torah Require Vegetarianism?
Sources from essay by Ruhama Weiss, PhD in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•635 Views•May 2, 2023•Vegetarianism,Emor,Parshat Emor
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Mental Illness and Incarceration: Cutting People Off or Bringing Them Home?
Sources from essay by Rabbi Joel Mosbacher in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•568 Views•April 24, 2023•Mental Health,Parashat Acharei Mot,Acharei Mot
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Facing Mortality in Childbirth
Sources from essay by Maharat Rori Picker Neiss in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•700 Views•April 17, 2023•Parshat Tazria,Tazria,Childbirth,Parashat Tazria
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Sh’mini: Kashrut and Food Justice
Sources from essay by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz in The Social Justice Torah Commentary
Rabbi Alex Kress•620 Views•April 10, 2023•Parashat Shemini,Veganism,Shemini,Vegetarianism,Kashrut,Kosher
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