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Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat
Rabbi William Kuhn serves as senior rabbi of Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia. This post originally appeared at BlogRS and is republished with permission. This evening, Congregation Rodeph...
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President Barack Obama spoke yesterday at Vermont Avenue Baptist Church in remembrance of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The full text of his speech is here, or you can watch it below. “Let’s work to...
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This post appeared today in Ten Minutes of Torah. Sign up for Ten Minutes of Torah here. Time for a quick history lesson: In 1655, the colony of New Amsterdam passed an ordinance forbidding Jewish...
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Thanksgiving: Keep it Green!
This entry is part of our “Let’s Get Sustainable” blog post series – look for an environmentally themed post each Monday and learn more on our Greening Reform Judaism web portal. In anticipation of...
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(Green) Movie Night!
Here’s a convenient truth: last year’s Oscar-winning documentary The Cove, about the appalling slaughter of dolphins in Japan, may have started a trend of award-worthy and popular films on...
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Getting Ready for Earth Day
April 22, 2010, the 40th Earth Day, was meant to be a global celebration of how far we have come in the last 40 years in protecting our environment, and a day of commitment to all the work that...
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On Earth Day and Every Day
Last week we celebrated the 41st Earth Day and commemorated the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill disaster. Earth Week might be over, but our work for a cleaner, more sustainable future is not....
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A Prayer for Memorial Day
On Monday, May 28, we observe Memorial Day in the United States, a time to remember the sacrifice of our Armed Forces in defense of our country. The prayer below, written by Rabbi Matt Friedman and...
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Rethinking Memorial Day
Barbecues, sales at big-box retailers, baseball games and glossy advertisements in the Sunday paper with patriotic images. Yep, Monday we will mark Memorial Day – at least in the United States. It...
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A Jewish Independence Day
Here’s my family’s July 4th ritual: In the morning, we put out the American flag and sing Phil Ochs’ song “Power and Glory”: Come on and take a walk with me thru this green and growing land Walk thru...
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Looking Forward: Food Day
While Food Day is technically only one day a year (October 24), this High Holiday season lends a perfect opportunity to include lessons of food justice, worker justice, healthy eating and advocacy...
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The Sin of Sowing Hatred of Islam
Two weeks ago, on the morning of Sept. 11, I noticed a woman wearing a traditional Muslim head covering on the packed platform of the train station in Scarsdale, N.Y. Her attention was focused on a...
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Reform Movement Co-Sponsors National Forum on Disability Issues, Asks the...
Judaism likes answers. You’ve probably heard that joke: ask six Jews their opinion about a subject and you’ll get seven responses. But what Judaism really likes is questions. All you need to do is...
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12: A Numbers Game
50 million: The number of Americans who are food insecure. $287: The average monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefit per household. 11%: The percentage of Americans who live...
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9: The Countdown Continues
We are just 9 days away from Food Day 2012 (read more about it here), but never fear—it’s not too late to act! Today: Tell your members of Congress to support anti-hunger programs in the Farm Bill....
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How Do You Access Your Judaism?
Last week one of my bosses posed this question to me: “How do you access your Judaism?” Immediately, I thought of more than a few ways: singing on Shabbat, Jewish courses in college, living tikkun...
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Turkey L’Tzedek
Turkey pardoning jokes aside, Thanksgiving packs a lot of ethical punches for a secular holiday. First, we have some murmurings of imperialism (more on that tomorrow in Sarah’s post). Add to that the...
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New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year! While our Jewish New Year happened months ago, we can use this “secular” new year as an opportunity to set some goals for ourselves, recommit ourselves to the issues that we deem most...
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Are MLK’s Legacy and Food Justice Related? …One Chicago synagogue says yes!
“Rabbi Shimon said: If three have eaten at one table and have not spoken over it words of Torah, it is as though they had eaten of the sacrifices of the dead, for it is written (Isaiah 28:8) ‘All...
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A New Civil Rights Battle
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as you have seen in other RACBlog posts this week, fought not only for civil rights, but...
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