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Do we face multiple truths? Hadar Harris @HadarHarris jd.fo/Siop
Judith Rosenbaum writes that the “call- out movement is a system of vigilante justice — a tactic of public denouncement and shaming to condemn an unacceptable behavior and communicate that it will no longer be condoned.” @jahr jd.fo/S8M4
Do we face multiple truths? Hadar Harris @HadarHarris jd.fo/Siop
Calling out is a blunt instrument, and its dangers are real. It is the ultimate judgment. Judith Rosenbaum @jahr jd.fo/S8M4
Steven Exler: Do we want God to be unbiased even if the outcome is less rosy for us? Or, do we want God to shine compassion on us, looking away from our wrongdoings, even if it means that the world is bereft of Divine justice and fairness?” jd.fo/OXIw
Rabbi Ed Feinstein says “judgment aims to reveal the lies we tell ourselves.” jd.fo/uhks
Rabbi Ed Feinstein suggests “There is dignity in accountability. To be judged is to be visible, to be significant.” jd.fo/uhks
Rabbi Steven Exler on balancing judgment and compassion jd.fo/OXIw
On three things the world stands: on judgment, on truth and on peace. Sh'ma Now Talmud commentators Yoni Fife, Lorin Fife & Rebecca Sendor-Israel jd.fo/XOvj
At Rosh HaShanah, we pray God might move from the throne of din, judgment, to the throne of rachamim, merciful love. jd.fo/uhks
A “call out movement emerges “when belief in the ideal, or patience for its slow unfolding, has expired, and the only choice remaining is a precarious calculation that weighs one destruction against another.” Judith Rosenbaum @jahr jd.fo/S8M4
Rabbi Ed Feinstein writes about a courtroom drama during the High Holidays jd.fo/uhks
Judith Rosenbaum @jahr jd.fo/S8M4 Judith Rosenbaum @jahr “If judgment can short-circuit or curtail justice, so can refraining from judgment allow injustice to fester.” jd.fo/S8M4
Rabbi Steven Exler on impartial judges: “Judges must be impartial, ruling on the evidence in front of them without recourse to mercy or to love for those being judged.” jd.fo/OXIw
NiSh’ma, our Talmud, asks: What prayer does Judaism have us say when we see a large crowd? Why is a prayer the response to seeing a large crowd? jd.fo/sXrp
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Danya Ruttenberg @TheRaDR on vulnerability and privilege. How to use our advantages “including the social capital to fight bigotry with full force.” jd.fo/Vy5x
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Danya Ruttenberg @TheRaDR examines the thorny and delicate intersection of antisemitism and privilege. Is it possible to be privileged and also be vulnerable? jd.fo/Vy5x
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Paradox is accepting a life of contradictions forward.com/shma-now/elu-vel…
Elu v’elu – how eagerly do we approach those with whom we disagree? How far do we go? Do you engage in conversations with people who disagree fundamentally with your values? forward.com/shma-now/elu-vel…
Elu v’elu – are we stronger if we understand these words and also those words as God’s words? forward.com/shma-now/elu-vel…