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Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
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- We recognize the sacredness of all life
- We recognize there is an imbalance in the world creating the current state of ecological and political emergency
- We believe the re-emergence of the sacred feminine through spiritual and social development is key to healing this imbalance leading to partnership between masculine and feminine, in a more balanced
Mission, Vision, Values - Tara Mandala
(kol Yisrael arevim ze bazeh, “All Israelites are responsible for one another,” Shevuot 39a). But it may be that being human also involves collective responsibility. Not only are Jews responsible for one another – so are we all, regardless of our faith or lack of it.
Jonathan Sacks • Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible (Covenant & Conversation Book 8)
Rooted Cosmopolitans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century
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The biblical teaching that God had self-limited, which could be interpreted narrowly as a divine decision not to overbear human freedom by cataclysmic punishment, was understood by the Pharisees to be a statement of respect for humanity. Through the covenant, God was summoning humans to participate in the process of perfecting the world.
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
One generation after Jewish life was worthless and all sorts of excuses were offered not to ransom Jews, here is the countertestimony.
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
UUA Statement on the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza and Israel
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