Sublime

In God’s economy, everyone benefits by everyone contributing.

While in theory we believe in equality, in practice, American children start out with wildly different opportunities depending on the families into which they happen to be born, and we do little to remedy those inequalities. And in recent years, we have become increasingly polarized, seeing “those people” who disagree with us as an undefined group,

In faithfulness to that commitment, the people of Israel pledge to teach the way of justice and righteousness as best it can; to remain distinctive and unassimilated in the world and thus hold up the message for all people to see; to create a model community showing how the world can go about realizing the dream; and to work alongside others to

I’m hesitant about an approach to spirituality where, instead of picking one religion and putting in the time and effort to engage deeply with it, we learn just a little bit about many traditions and then decide to do this thing from one tradition, and that thing from another, because each of these things speaks to us in some way—because each feels

the centuriesold mission statement of the Jewish people, expressed by Shimon Ha-Tzaddik (Pirke Avot 1:2): “The world stands on three things: Torah study, worship/service, and acts of lovingkindness.”

“the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.” On Shabbat, we create and dwell in that sanctuary.

A congregation that projects no “in” and “out” through its ritual clothing takes a big step toward a powerful prayer experience grounded in unity of purpose.

the foundational Jewish act: recognizing the one divine source of all of creation.