The moments that test our humanity have a way of returning. In the spring of 2020, as images of separated families and children in cages pierced our collective consciousness, something beautiful emerged alongside the heartbreak. Voices rose from every corner of our communities—neighbors, friends, strangers —all refusing to let cruelty masquerade as policy. In that …
Bless you for showing upday after dayEven when you have a pit in your stomach orPhoto by Justin Veenema on Unsplasha knot in your throatEven when you nearly lose faithOr fear the worst.
This is a time of great extremes – there are people who cower in the corner instead of speaking up, while others shine a great light with their bravery in standing up for justice. When despair grips us, it’s helpful to remember people who speak the truth and take courageous action, regardless of the consequences. These often ordinary people act because their conscience compels them.
You come to a point in life when you realize that life is not always fair. Bad things happen to good people, and unfortunately, bad people can get away with awful behavior. You hope that there will be accountability and justice, and sometimes there is, and other times, not.
It’s time we love our children more than the right of some people to own guns, many of which should simply be illegal, and easy access to those weapons meant for war.
A poem for these times: If you have a sensitive heart
I’m guessing your heart is
bruised these days –
maybe even broken.
I’m wondering if you gasped, as I did, seeing Nazi flags marched through the streets of Charlottesville. I’m sure you looked on in horror as men with torches surrounded a church holding an interfaith service and shouted “Jews will not replace us” and “blood and soil”, slogans taken from Nazi Germany. Not as well publicized …
A reading from the Social Justice Haggadah by the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Words from Martin Luther King Jr., in his Letter from a Birmingham jail still resound today, as well as the wisdom from the Talmud. “Tonight we are, all of us, from the youngest to the oldest, brothers and sisters in …
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