Related Blog Posts on Shabbat
Welcoming the Stranger: How Reform Congregations are Taking Action for Refugees
Where was God then? Where is God now?
Rabbi Billy Dreskin is a rabbi at Woodlands Community Temple, a Reform Jewish congregation in Greenburgh, New York. Below is the sermon he gave on April 13, 2018 in observance of the nationwide Shabbat for Rohingya Rights.
A horrific story of the Holocaust to
A Message from Rabbi Jonah Pesner on the March for Our Lives
Photo: Donovan Marks, courtesy of Washington National Cathedral.
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, made the following statement about the March for Our Lives:
“Students are leading where my generation has
Host a Gun Violence Prevention Shabbat
Gun violence in America has become consistent, reliable news. Breaking news alerts draw our attention to shootings at schools, movie theaters, night clubs, and in the middle of our streets.
Bending the Arc Towards Justice for Children
Every year during the third weekend of October, religious organizations and denominations around the country observe the annual Children’s Sabbath, which is sponsored by the Children’s Defense Fund. Entering its 24th year, the Children’s Sabbath will be taking
Welcoming Shabbat - A Model for Justice
Four hundred years ago, the mystics of Tzfat began walking out into the fields to greet Shabbat (many of us reenact this by standing for the last verse of L'cha Dodi). Contemporaries scoffed: Shabbat comes to you, wherever you are!