slavery

Passover and Palestinians

Palestinians are not slaves. But they are also not free.

From a Passover of Alienation to a Passover of Empathy

Our love and concern must radiate out beyond the us towards the them.

This Passover, Slavery Hasn’t Ended

Regardless of which Haggadah you use to tell the Passover story, you can download timely and thought-provoking supplements to add meaning to your Seder.

Spiritual “Hearing”

To what are we enslaved? How does our slavery hold us back, nailed to the doorpost? And what would we ...

Celebrating Heroes During Black History Month

If you had to pick one figure from Black history who inspires you, who would it be? An unfair question ...

From Sigh to Song: A Way Toward Freedom

Jews are a People of the Book; Jews also are a People of the Song. In fear, poverty, war and exile, song packed light and ...

Navigating Jewish and American Slavery Narratives

As Jews, we know about the power of narrative. The slavery narrative presented in the Book of Exodus and retold ...

This Passover Choose Judaism

My wife and I are an interracial couple. I am a White, Ashkenazi Jewish man from New York. She is ...

Do We Find in the Torah Just What We Want to See?

Earlier this month in The New York Times, Reza Aslan continued an ongoing argument against Bill Maher’s blanket condemnation of ...

A Whipping Man Seder

The Whipping Man , by playwright Matthew Lopez, depicts an amazing historical convergence: the Civil War’s end, this nation’s long ...