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BREAKING: Three U.S. Rabbis, three Israeli peace activists, and U.S. journalist Ayelet Waldman were arrested today by Israeli police at the Israel/Gaza Erez border crossing point as they attempted to bring food aid into Gaza.
📸: Emily Glick
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HAPPENING NOW: Rabbis in prayerful protest take action at the
@UN
to remind Biden that the whole world says CEASEFIRE. Stop vetoing peace. Follow our Livestream at
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We are now at 229 rabbis and counting. We are calling out for ceasefire in one voice and urge Jewish organizations and individuals to join us. Torah is a tree of life. We must hold fast to that tree with all we have. CEASEFIRE NOW!
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This morning, seven U.S.rabbis and Israeli activists were arrested by Israeli police at the Gaza border as part of a delegation of thirty rabbis and other peace activists with Rabbis for Ceasefire who were attemping to bring food supplies into Gaza through the Erez crossing.
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As Rabbi Alana Alpert, one of those arrested, says, “How can we celebrate freedom as these atrocities are committed in the name of Jewish safety?” In the spirit of the holiday, we are putting our bodies on the line to fulfill our mandate to let all who are hungry eat.
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God who keeps faith with those who sleep in the dust…
A blessing of protection and solidarity with Rafah.
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1/5 We are here at the UN to remind Biden that the whole world says ceasefire. Stop vetoing peace.
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The Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war against 2.3 million Palestinian people in the occupied Gaza Strip. This manufactured famine follows decades of forced displacement, military occupation, and communal subjugation by the Israeli government.
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Jewish tradition tells us that eyn bodkin le-mezonot; when it comes to feeding the hungry, we do not ask who is a worthy recipient because it is cruel to starve a people, even an enemy, into submission.
Our statement on the US & allies defunding
#UNRWA
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Members of Rabbis for Ceasefire brought our message to the
@UN
General Assembly to tell the U.S. to stop vetoing peace. Ceasefire now!
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Passover reminds us of our sacred responsibility to work for the freedom of all people. We are here calling for a permanent ceasefire, the full exchange of prisoners, the opening of all border crossings to allow in humanitarian aid, and an end to the subjugation of Palestinians.
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The Passover Haggadah reads, “Let all who are hungry come and eat,” and teaches us that we must work for the freedom of all people. Forced starvation is just one of the many weapons of war that the Israeli state is using against the 2.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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“There’s going to come a day of moral reckoning. The establishment Jewish organizations are going to have to look in the mirror and say, what did we do?”
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Rabbis for Ceasefire & Members of Congress Hold Press Conference at US Capitol
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Rabbi Brian Walt said, "As Jews called to remember our exodus from slavery, we are here to bring food to the hungry and to call for a permanent ceasefire, a freeing of hostages and all prisoners, and to call for freedom and justice for all who live between the river and the sea."
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Today we are here. Next year, may there be liberation from the river to the sea.
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This delegation came to the Erez Border crossing on Passover carrying aid in coordination with UNRWA, an organization critical to providing international aid to avert famine and further catastrophe for the people in Gaza and which Israel banned from northern Gaza.
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All are invited to join us for a weekend of Shabbat services & Torah study offered by the now 240+ rabbis.
In this time of crisis, join Jews (and friends!) in the ceasefire movement to lift up our hearts in rage, grief, hope and connection.
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Are you going to be there tomorrow with us in NYC to light the first candle of Chanukah? Hope to see you there as we practice holding our grief and hope together at once.
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This Thursday both Jews and Muslims are fasting. We are in the evening going to join together with our Christian, Hindu & other friends to break fast and build community as we together work for a permanent ceasefire and freedom! 8 cities so far! Join us!
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We know this year many Jews in the ceasefire movement are wondering how to celebrate Chanukah. Our Candle Lighting Companion provides daily kavanot, intentions, for each candle as well as a song for each day, offered with love and grief and determination.
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We were so blessed to hear
@RepPressley
tonight. Her moral clarity and commitment inspires us. We are proud to fight for ceasefire alongside her.
We’ve now lost over 11,000 Palestinian and 1,200 Israeli loved ones.
I stood with a coalition of rabbis to make it plain:
We are one human family, and we have a collective, righteous mandate to save lives.
#CeasefireNOW
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Jews of the Ceasefire movement--we are here for you! We are offering 1:1 spiritual care to those in the cesaefire movement that would find that supportive. You can find details and sign up info here:
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Tomorrow is Ta’anit Esther a fast day ahead of what is supposed to be a joyous holiday. But this is a time of moral crisis and immense violence.
We’ve assembled some ideas on how to approach Purim without ceasefire.
🔗PDF guide:
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We love to see the menorah we first lit together in NYC find its way to DC! As we light we recommit ourselves to the realizing
#CeasefireNOW
, and further knitting together the Jews for Ceasefire movement to continue struggling for justice and peace for as long as it takes!
BREAKING: Hundreds of
#JewsForCeasefire
are lighting candles outside the White House, as champagne flows inside
@POTUS
' Chanukah party.
We're here with
@JVPDCMetro
calling on Biden & American Jewish leaders to support a lasting ceasefire and end the genocide of Gaza in our name.
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We see our own Rabbi Ellen Lippmann at the front of this silent march with
@JewishElders
HAPPENING NOW: Over 500 New Yorkers are taking the streets in mourning for the >10,000 Palestinian children murdered by the Israeli military.
@jvpliveny
@POTUS
@senschumer
@kathyhochul
— when will you stop funding and arming the genocide of Palestinians? 🧵
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Our call for ceasefire means exchange of all hostages, an end to war crimes, ensuring access to humanitarian aid. Ceasefire means letting Gazans live. We say NO to mass forced displacement of the people of Gaza. You can see our full statement here:
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On April 26, a delegation of 30 rabbis and activists were detained at the Erez Border crossing while attempting to bring food aid into Gaza. The Israeli police arrested seven members of the group. Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war against 2.3 million Palestinians.
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RIGHT NOW: Over 40 Rabbis, members of their congregations, and communities are gathered in front of Congress. This is a public Shacharit, the Jewish morning service, so prayers for a CEASEFIRE will ring into the streets and our elected officials' offices. Livestream link in bio!
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Our call for a ceasefire is not a betrayal of Jewish values but an authentic expression of them.
A new piece by Rabbi Mónica Gomery on the Jewish values that underly our call for ceasefire.
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In addition to the rabbis who held a prayer service in the security council chamber, another group of rabbis brought our message to the Biden into the General Assembly meeting where the US was defending its continued veto of ceasefire.
Group of protestors chant “ceasefire now” in the General Assembly hall as member states debate a recent US veto in Security Council.
#Gaza
protestors are removed by UN security but you can still hear them chanting outside
@pass_blue
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A delegation of us had the honor to meet with SG
@antonioguterres
today. He appreciated our Jewish leadership aligned with his support for ceasefire, we appreciated his commitment to pursuing peace. We mourned the 160 UN staff has been killed in Gaza & found hope in each other.
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“The Talmud, the millennia-old holy text that lies at the heart of Jewish practice, consists of generations of disagreements woven together because my ancestors knew that nonconformity can protect the community from narrow-mindedness.” oped from R’ Kukla
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We are honored to announce that
@MosabAbuToha
will be giving the sermon during the east coast Shabbat morning service. All are welcome, should be around 11:30 am east.
All are invited to join us for a weekend of Shabbat services & Torah study offered by the now 240+ rabbis.
In this time of crisis, join Jews (and friends!) in the ceasefire movement to lift up our hearts in rage, grief, hope and connection.
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Hey! That's us! Ceasefire NOW!
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“I can only stand with Jews who also see the pain of Palestinians, the mourning for so many dead, the horror of starvation, the killing of those offering or reaching for food.” - Rabbi Ellen Lippmann
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Chanukah for Ceasefire
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We are now seven months since October 7. Seven months of siege on the 2.2 million Palestinian civilians in Gaza, the majority of whom are displaced and starving. Hamas has agreed to the terms of Egypt and Qatar's latest ceasefire deal. -->
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Join Rabbis for Ceasefire and our friends
@IfNotNowOrg
@JFREJNYC
@jvpliveNY
to light the first candles of Chanukah! Thursday Dec 7 in Columbus Circle! Ritual starts promptly at 5:30 with some special guests! BYO Menorah! Art by
@jbbrager
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"It's hard for me to say I feel hope. I feel like I have spiritual commitment and a religious commitment to hope. I feel like it's not up to me to give up, especially with all the privileges I enjoy. It's my obligation to maintain that hope."
@AlissaShira
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ברוך אתה ה´ אלוקינו מלך העולם מתיר אסורים
Blessed is the One who frees the captives.
We weep with relief that some of those held captive will be returning home while remaining concerned over those left behind. 1/3
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@UN
was created in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, with the very intention of ensuring "Never Again." We are here as Jews, as rabbis, to urge the UN to follow through on this noble mission. Never again means never again for any of us.
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Shabbat for Ceasefire is "an important consolidation of the Jewish left that obviously has been growing for decades before this time, but it’s really consolidating and emerging powerfully at this time when we need it most.”
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We're looking forward to spending Shabbat in prayer and song with Jews (& friends!) in the ceasefire movement. This event is unprecedented: 251 rabbis, over 10 synagogues, 5 Jewish communal organizations calling in one voice, with the liturgy of our ancestors, for ceasefire NOW!
All are invited to join us for a weekend of Shabbat services & Torah study offered by the now 240+ rabbis.
In this time of crisis, join Jews (and friends!) in the ceasefire movement to lift up our hearts in rage, grief, hope and connection.
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We are partnering with multifaith partners on interfaith iftars/ breaking of the fast on March 21 when Ramadan, Taanit Esther and Lenten season overlap. Host a local iftar, or join one in your community!
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We are partnering with Faith for Black Lives and over a dozen other multifaith groups for a Pilgrimage for Peace from Philly to DC beginning on Ash Wednesday. All are welcome to march with us for the day or the week. More details can be found at
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We are comforted to know that in the coming days fewer civilians will die in Gaza. And, we also know that a pause is just a pause. Our tradition demands that we prioritize saving lives. We will continue to pray, protest, write and gather until there is a complete ceasefire. 2/3
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Our multifaith community begins our pilgrimage in the morning! We will post updates as we bring our demand for a ceasefire from Independence Hall to the White House!
Tomorrow marks the beginning of
#PilgrimageforPeace
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Join us as we travel from Philadelphia, PA to the White House in Washington DC to urge
@POTUS
and Congress to call for hostages to be released, a permanent ceasefire, and increase humanitarian aid in Palestine!
#ceasefirenow
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An improbable mixing of rabbis and pop stars—but that’s what a global movement for peace produces!
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"I am more convinced than ever that Israel cannot, try as it might, starve or bomb the Palestinian people from existence, nor can it destroy the love for their culture that is so deeply rooted in their homeland" -
@RabbiBrant
in
@thenation
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Today our hopes for a permanent ceasefire were dashed once again by the US veto of a UN resolution. We are so disappointed in our government for its refusal to act to save lives in Gaza. Our government continues to fail to stand up for basic humanitarian values. Shame.
Breaking | The UN Security Council fails to adopt the Algerian resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza after a US veto.
(Illustrative photo)
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All life is sacred. We prayed our hearts out in DC last week for
#CeasefireNOW
. The day is beautifully captured in this video by
@rafaelshimunov
-WATCH & SHARE!
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Our moral imaginations can visualize much more than a brief break in this terrible violence. We are dreaming of peace. 3/3
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@UN
can play a key role in stopping this war, in saving lives, in bringing about peace. We're here to support the UN to do just that. We're here to voice our support towards getting humanitarian assistance to Palestinians who are displaced, starving & have nowhere safe to go.
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Judaism teaches the importance of pursuing peace at all costs. We are directly instructed in this week's Torah portion, "Do not take vengeance, love your neighbor as yourself." Israelis and Palestinians are neighbors and their safety and survival are interdependent. -->
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Stepping off on last leg of our pilgrimage! 10 miles to DC!
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Our first night candlelighting service will be livestreamed tmw at 5:15p east. You can watch from wherever you are if you can't be with us and
@lsarsour
and
@PeterBeinart
and our friends at
@IfNotNowOrg
,
@jvpliveNY
and
@JFREJNYC
in Columbus Circle!
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Ceasefire now. End the siege of Gaza now. End the starvation of Gaza now.
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Today at 5:30 east on Instagram
@RepRashida
will join Rabbis Brant Rosen and Alana Alpert for a reportback and discussion of the how and why of our attempt to bring food to Palestinians in Gaza through the Erez Crossing last week. Join us.
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Right now in front of Congress: Rabbis, congregants, and community members gather in prayer and call for a CEASEFIRE!
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Proud to see our rabbis in Philly ending Hannukah in prayer and action as part of a nationwide shutdown of business as usual until permanent ceasefire!
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shut down the Spring Garden Street Bridge in Philadelphia and blocked the westbound lanes of Interstate 76 below during the afternoon rush hour on Thursday, leading police to detain more than 30 at the scene.
Read on:
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Rather than accepting a ceasefire deal and freeing the hostages Israel as exacerbated an already dire humanitarian crisis by invading Rafah. This is a desecration of the Jewish imperative to save lives at all costs. -->
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As the ICJ investigates the possibility that genocide is underway, our central concern continues to be an end to the suffering, destruction, and loss of life for all inhabitants of Palestine and Israel. These provisional measures amount to a call for ceasefire.
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Shabbat for Ceasefire is this coming shabbat! 8 synagogues! 248 rabbis! 4 community orgs! Services Friday night, shabbat morning and havdallah. And workshops it the afternoon which will be incredible led by talented women rabbis! Register at
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Rabbis for Ceasefire welcomes the decision of the ICJ in ordering provisional measures to stop the horrific violence Israel is enacting in Gaza as an important step toward a complete ceasefire.
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Join us for an evening of song, prayer and learning as we welcome a new song, Ayeka, by Aly Halpert based on the story of Cain and Abel, the first story of murder in our ancient texts, between the first brothers.
Monday March 11 at 8 pm east
RSVP:
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@NicORourkePHL
described our Pilgrimage for Peace as “a righteous journey to what’s felt like, to many, a house of injustice ... or a house of incompetence.” Nice write up of the kickoff of our pilgrimage from
@Will_Bunch
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"Wise, the founder of Rabbis for Ceasefire, said she had mixed feelings about this week’s letters from T’ruah and the Progressive Israel Network, which
@alissashira
called “appallingly late.”
NEW: More than 600 rabbis are now calling for a ceasefire, following the release of a new
@truahrabbis
letter and the growth of
@rodfeishalom
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We believe an immediate ceasefire is the best path toward pikuach nefesh, our sacred obligation to preserve life.
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Today’s
#PilgrimageforPeace
intention is Justice for People with Disabilities. Israeli bombardment and blockades in Gaza are creating a mass disabling event. We walk so that all people can access life-saving care and live in safety and with dignity.
#CeasefireNow
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WATCH: With
@JFREJNYC
we brought our prayers for ceasefire to the UN. Watch the actions unfold and hear from our rabbis why we were there.
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We recognize International Law, initially developed in response to the atrocities of World War II, as a necessary mechanism to safeguard the rights and safety of all human beings, especially in the face of massive violence enacted by governments on civilians within their reach.
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As Jews, we accept our obligations to look with clarity and openness at all allegations of harm, including genocide, whenever and wherever they occur.
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TONIGHT - Sunday January 28 at 8 pm east join us!
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3. To bring to the General Assembly a resolution calling for appropriate accountability measures in line with international law, including an immediate arms embargo.
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1. To reaffirm and recommit to the goals of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, taking meaningful action to stop the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Livestream of multifaith service in Baltimore as part of our
#pilgrimageforpeace
is live now. Join us!
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2. To hold another Security Council vote to pass a resolution for ceasefire that includes lifting the siege and hostage exchange.
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This past shabbat we were blessed with the devastating, gorgeous words from
@MosabAbuToha
and we implore everyone to listen to his words now if you missed it. We pray his words are received on high and right here on earth.
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“We’re carrying this message to remind America of the values that she was birthed in and to be a leader in this moment to provide a moral vision for the world,” said pastor of St. Luke AME Church in New York City’s Harlem.
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In this time of moral reckoning, we invite all to join Rabbis for Ceasefire for a virtual gathering to reflect on the ICJ decision, and to engage in the moral and spiritual work that can support us, and our communities, to engage in our ongoing work toward ceasefire.
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Those among us who are physically removed from the crisis have both the opportunity and the obligation to hold our own pain up for examination and not allow it to prevent us from calling for an end to the current violence.
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RIGHT NOW: Rabbis4Ceasefire have completed the morning prayer service and are marching with Torahs to Congressional Offices buildings to hold lobby meetings with Members of Congress.
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This coming Monday evening with Rabbis Amy Eilberg, Ellen Lippmann and Mónica Gomery. Join us!
Join us for an evening of song, prayer and learning as we welcome a new song, Ayeka, by Aly Halpert based on the story of Cain and Abel, the first story of murder in our ancient texts, between the first brothers.
Monday March 11 at 8 pm east
RSVP:
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"We left the meeting with new hopes and new fears, so we continue to pray: that the leaders of our country understand the gift that is the United Nations and its Secretary General
@antonioguterres
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Chanukah for Ceasefire art by
@jbbrager
is up on our website and is fair use for all to download and print -- some beautiful posters in here perfect for displaying in your window!
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We also recognize the particular pain and heartbreak for many in our Jewish community that these allegations currently address the government of Israel.
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We are getting started with our Pilgrimage for Peace with a press conference at Mother Bethel AME church, you can watch it here:
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This manufactured famine follows decades of forced displacement, military occupation, and communal subjugation by the Israeli government. The delegation calls for a permanent ceasefire, the opening of all border crossings to allow in aid, and an end to the siege on Gaza.
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Starting off day two heading to Wilmington, DE and we found a statue of
Rev Dr MLK Jr! We walk in his lineage!
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We continue to work and to pray for the safety of all civilians in Israel/Palestine, including all those in Gaza who are experiencing extreme life-threatening conditions, all hostages, and all who are impacted by the current war.
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That's our Rabbi Brian Walt!
“What the Israeli government is doing is in contradiction to Judaism”
One of many “Rabbis for Ceasefire” in DC today demanding stop to
#Gaza_Genocide
#FreePalestine
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TONIGHT! Please join us for song, study and community.
Join us for an evening of song, prayer and learning as we welcome a new song, Ayeka, by Aly Halpert based on the story of Cain and Abel, the first story of murder in our ancient texts, between the first brothers.
Monday March 11 at 8 pm east
RSVP:
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Our rabbis met with her office on Monday after our prayer service in DC! Wonderful news!
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