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Building Community Through ServiceAJWS Staff•1489 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Service to Others,Service/Volunteerism,Advocacy,Tzedakah,Community
Talmud, Arachin, 15bAJWS Staff•5144 Views•May 16 2018•Discrimination & Diversity,Conflict & Emergency,Social Justice,Legal Text,Advocacy
AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Chayei SarahAJWS Staff•481 Views•May 16 2018•Health,Chayei Sara,Women’s Empowerment,Advocacy,Education,Civil/Human Rights
AJWS Dvar Torah - Parshat BereshitAJWS Staff•2960 Views•May 16 2018•Bereshit,Sustainable Development,Personal Responsibility,Environment
Jewish Responses to the Global Food CrisisAJWS Staff•654 Views•May 16 2018•Famine,Food,Migration,Poverty,Trade, Aid & Debt,Hunger,Conflict & Emergency
Hospitality on SukkotAJWS Staff•1202 Views•May 16 2018•Hospitality,Governance & Leadership,Civil/Human Rights,Discrimination & Diversity
Moses: A Role ModelAJWS Staff•1826 Views•May 16 2018•Governance & Leadership,Service/Volunteerism,Education,Leadership,Moses
Food and JudaismAJWS Staff•975 Views•May 16 2018•Tree,Local Food,Food & Ethics,Ethical Consumption,Trees,Environment
Jewish Texts on HungerAJWS Staff•660 Views•May 16 2018•Conflict & Emergency,Discrimination & Diversity,Hunger,Civil/Human Rights
Ezrat Nashim, "Call for Change," (Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative Movement: 14 March 1972).AJWS Staff•850 Views•May 16 2018•Advocacy,Women’s Empowerment,Philosophy,Narrative Text,Governance & Leadership
Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, quoted in Hasidic AnthologyAJWS Staff•471 Views•May 16 2018•Trade, Aid & Debt,Prayer and Poetry,Tzedakah,Poverty,Philosophy,Advocacy
Miriam, by Debbie FriedmanAJWS Staff•527 Views•May 16 2018•Governance & Leadership,Advocacy,Education,Women’s Empowerment,Prayer and Poetry
"Conversation with Eve Ensler," Interview by Marianne Schnall, Feminist.com, 3 Oct. 2006.AJWS Staff•527 Views•May 16 2018•Advocacy,Women’s Empowerment,Education,Commentary,Civil/Human Rights
Rashi, Exodus 23:9AJWS Staff•596 Views•May 16 2018•Advocacy,Commentary,Tikkun Olam,Discrimination & Diversity,Civil/Human Rights
Babylonian Talmud, Kiddushin 40aAJWS Staff•978 Views•May 16 2018•Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity,Women’s Empowerment,Narrative Text
Exodus 22:24-26AJWS Staff•506 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Law & Business Ethics,Poverty,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature
Sefer HaChinuch, Mitzvah 600AJWS Staff•1323 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Civil/Human Rights,Service/Volunteerism,Conflict & Emergency
Responsa Sh'eilat Yaavetz 2:51, Rabbi Jacob EmdenAJWS Staff•2476 Views•May 16 2018•Civil/Human Rights,Conflict & Emergency,Commentary,Discrimination & Diversity
Ibn Ezra, Exodus 22:23AJWS Staff•937 Views•May 16 2018•Oppression,Commentary,Tikkun Olam,Witness,Civil/Human Rights,Advocacy
Kedushat Levi on Parshat NoachAJWS Staff•879 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Ethical Consumption,Philosophy,Tikkun Olam,Food & Ethics
Rambam, Laws of Idolatry, 10:5AJWS Staff•1089 Views•May 16 2018•The Other,Hunger,Legal Text,Poverty,Discrimination & Diversity,Civil/Human Rights
Rav Kook, in Tzvi Yaron, Mishnato shel haRav KookAJWS Staff•919 Views•May 16 2018•Labor Rights,Civil/Human Rights,Philosophy,Tikkun Olam,Discrimination & Diversity
Midrash Leviticus Rabbah 34AJWS Staff•1504 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Service/Volunteerism,Conflict & Emergency,Tzedakah,Poverty
Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World (Jewish Lights, 2006) pp. 157-159.AJWS Staff•897 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Commentary,Israel,Jewish Lobby,Middle East,Zionism,Intifadah
Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World (Jewish Lights, 2006), pp. 100-101.AJWS Staff•505 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Commentary,Politics,Conservatism,Liberalism,Jewish Political Behavior
Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World (Jewish Lights, 2006), pp. 60-62.AJWS Staff•561 Views•May 16 2018•Belief in God,Theology,Tikkun Olam,Commentary,Covenant,Sinai,God,Rationalism
Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World (Jewish Lights, 2006), pp. 34-35.AJWS Staff•889 Views•May 16 2018•Abraham,God's Call,Tikkun Olam,Commentary,Righteousness and Justice,Bible
Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World (Jewish Lights, 2006), pp. 8-9.AJWS Staff•526 Views•May 16 2018•Counter-Cultural,Tikkun Olam,Jewish Values,Holiness,Commentary,Chosen People
Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World (Jewish Lights, 2006) pp. 186-187.AJWS Staff•559 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Jewish Community,Tikkun Olam,Community Relations,Jewish Politics
Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Judasim and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World (Jewish Lights, 2006), pp. 17-19AJWS Staff•547 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Politics,Tikkun Olam,Jewish Consciousness,Jewish History
Ruth Messinger: "What is Religion for?"- November 19, 2001AJWS Staff•523 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Service/Volunteerism,Tzedakah,Service,Civil/Human Rights
Rabbi Sid Schwarz, Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World (Jewish Lights. 2006, p. 251)AJWS Staff•621 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Commentary,Civil/Human Rights,Discrimination & Diversity,Equality
Genesis 12:2AJWS Staff•579 Views•May 16 2018•Sustainable Development,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Tikkun Olam,Jewish People
Proverbs 31:10-31AJWS Staff•1877 Views•May 16 2018•Labor Rights,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Poverty,Tikkun Olam,Women’s Empowerment
Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 46aAJWS Staff•789 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Religious Law,Conflict & Emergency,Governance & Leadership
Jerusalem Talmud, Nedarim 30bAJWS Staff•974 Views•May 16 2018•Respect,Tikkun Olam,Philosophy,Discrimination & Diversity,Civil/Human Rights
Proverbs 3:28AJWS Staff•645 Views•May 16 2018•Law & Business Ethics,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Labor Rights,Legal Text
Mishna, Pirkei Avot 1:13AJWS Staff•2019 Views•May 16 2018•Ethics,Self,Tikkun Olam,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Philosophy,Civil/Human Rights
Proverbs 2:20AJWS Staff•686 Views•May 16 2018•Tzedakah,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Advocacy,Service/Volunteerism,Tikkun Olam
Margie Klein, "Preaching What I Practice: The Power of Jewish Organizing," in Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice. eds Rabbi Or. N Rose, Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, Margie Klein (Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008) P. 37AJWS Staff•651 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Prophecy,Change,Tikkun Olam,Good Deeds,Organizing,Charity,Advocacy
Mishna, Pirkei Avot 2:15-16AJWS Staff•2117 Views•May 16 2018•Service/Volunteerism,Legal Text,Labor,Labor Rights,Civil/Human Rights
I Kings 17:7-16AJWS Staff•516 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Food & Ethics,Hunger,Rain,Famine,Elijah,Drought,Widow,Child
Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Laws of Gifts to the Poor 7:3AJWS Staff•689 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Charity,Poverty,Service/Volunteerism,Tikkun Olam,Poor,Tzedakah,Needy
Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Laws of Gifts to the Poor 10: 5AJWS Staff•854 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Legal Text,Poor,Service/Volunteerism,Tzedakah,Poverty,Needy,Charity
Proverbs 12:27-28AJWS Staff•942 Views•May 16 2018•Ethical Consumption,Ethics,Tikkun Olam,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature
Proverbs 11:24-25AJWS Staff•541 Views•May 16 2018•Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Poverty,Advocacy,Service/Volunteerism,Tzedakah
Igrot Moshe Choshen Mishpat 1:72AJWS Staff•7400 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Local Custom,Labor Rights,Law & Business Ethics,Labor Law,Non-Jewish Custom
Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat 331:1-2AJWS Staff•638 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Law & Business Ethics,Labor Law,Local Custom,Labor Rights
Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 65bAJWS Staff•2165 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Anger,Spending,Moderation,Ethical Consumption,Tzedakah
Rashi, Deuteronomy 6:18AJWS Staff•460 Views•May 16 2018•Law & Business Ethics,Compromise,Commentary,Conflict & Emergency,Ethics
Babylonian Talmud, Baba Batra 9:1AJWS Staff•550 Views•May 16 2018•Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity,Women’s Empowerment,Women,Legal Text
Babylonian Talmud, Brachot 17a - AAJWS Staff•956 Views•May 16 2018•Respect,Humility,Discrimination & Diversity,Narrative Text,Pluralism
Emmanuel Levinas, "The Temptation of Temptation," Nine Talmudic Readings, trans. Annette Aronowicz (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994), p. 98.AJWS Staff•1254 Views•May 16 2018•Emmanuel Levinas,Philosophy,Discrimination & Diversity,Civil/Human Rights
Emmanuel Levinas, "TheTemptation of Temptation" Nine Talmudic Readings, trans. Annette Aronowicz (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994), p. 37.AJWS Staff•1370 Views•May 16 2018•Emmanuel Levinas,Civil/Human Rights,Philosophy,Service/Volunteerism,Tikkun Olam
Gertrude Weil, “What Judaism Means to Me,” late 1960s. North Carolina Office of Archives and History.AJWS Staff•597 Views•May 16 2018•Tzedek,Women’s Empowerment,Tikkun Olam,Philosophy,Gertrude Weil,Religion
Rose Schneiderman on keeping earningsAJWS Staff•459 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Books,Assimilation,Labor,Leisure,Labor Rights,Labor Leaders
Sarah Rozner recalls "testing" her motherAJWS Staff•599 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Assimilation,Labor Rights,Labor Movement,Papers,Labor,Unions
Sarah Rozner on StrikingAJWS Staff•744 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Workers,Labor Rights,Labor,Human Rights,Labor Movement,Papers
"The Factory Girl's Danger" by Miriam Finn Scott, 1911AJWS Staff•2175 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Textile Industry,Workers,Labor,Human Rights,Labor Rights,Articles
Rabbi Sampson Raphael Hirsh commentary to Genesis 3:19AJWS Staff•593 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Environment,Conflict & Emergency,Food & Ethics,Ethical Consumption
Shulchan Aruch: Hoshen Mishpat 231AJWS Staff•811 Views•May 16 2018•Food & Ethics,Legal Text,Food Prices,Ethical Consumption,Speculation
Unidentified Medieval commentary to Babylonian Talmud, Tamid 29bAJWS Staff•563 Views•May 16 2018•Environment,Bal Tashchit,Relating to the Land,Food,Commentary,Plants & Trees
Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Laws of Gifts to the Poor 7:13AJWS Staff•1154 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Commentary,Legal Text,Trade, Aid & Debt,Poverty,Tzedakah
Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Laws of Opinions 3:1AJWS Staff•1001 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Moderation,Ethical Consumption,Golden Mean,Balance,Philosophy
Beyond Beef, Jeremy RifkinAJWS Staff•1137 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Environment,Climate Change,Food & Ethics,Ethical Consumption
Tomer Devorah (Rav Moshe Cordovero) Ch. 3AJWS Staff•795 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Environment,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Animals,Plants & Trees
Rav Ovadia Bartenura, Mishnah Bava Kama 7:7AJWS Staff•898 Views•May 16 2018•Plants & Trees,Agriculture,Animals,Relating to the Land,Commentary,Environment
Proverbs 22:16AJWS Staff•546 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Tzedakah,Tzedakah Distribution,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Poverty
Proverbs 21:21AJWS Staff•743 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Tzedakah,Service/Volunteerism,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature
Ezekiel 18:20AJWS Staff•761 Views•May 16 2018•Justice,Civil/Human Rights,Evil,Sin,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Guilt,Education
Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence (New York: Macmillan, 1967), p.72.AJWS Staff•1813 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Human Rights,Eldery,Discrimination & Diversity,Civil/Human Rights
Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 35aAJWS Staff•539 Views•May 16 2018•Food & Ethics,Hunger,Legal Text,Tzedakah,Poverty,Commentary,Civil/Human Rights
Glatt Kosher — Glatt Yoshor by Rav Yosef Breuer, published 1949AJWS Staff•797 Views•May 16 2018•Ethical Eating,Commentary,Ethical Consumption,Food & Ethics,Kashrut
Proverbs 6:30AJWS Staff•885 Views•May 16 2018•Law & Business Ethics,Tzedakah,Poverty,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Hunger,Theft
Babylonian Talmud-Tractate Megila 6aAJWS Staff•1243 Views•May 16 2018•Trees,Plants,Food,Relating to the Land,Commentary,Water,Environment
A Hunger Al Cheit by Rabbi Noah FarkasAJWS Staff•927 Views•May 16 2018•Rosh Hashana,Prayer and Poetry,Hunger,Hunger Prayer,Yom Kippur,Sin,Confession
JUFJ, Green & Just Celebrations: A Purchasing Guide for Washington's Jewish Families p. 1AJWS Staff•439 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Narrative Text,Environment,Ethical Consumption,Food & Ethics
Rabbi Samphson Rafael Hirsch, commentary to Leviticus 19:18, in The Pentateuch: vol. 1: GenesisAJWS Staff•852 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Civil/Human Rights,Earth,Bal Tashchit,Animals,Environment
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, “The Nineteen Letters” (New York: Feldheim Publishers, 1995) pg. 56AJWS Staff•635 Views•May 16 2018•Love,Philosophy,Action,Tikkun Olam,Sustainable Development,Environment
Shulchan Aruch and Rama, Orech Chaim 664:9AJWS Staff•795 Views•May 16 2018•Trees,Plants,Ethical Consumption,Consumerism,Wealth,Legal Text,Environment
Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin 97bAJWS Staff•2530 Views•May 16 2018•Redemption,Environment,Poverty,Repentance,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Philosophy
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, "The Dignity of Difference", (London: Continuum, 2002), p.30AJWS Staff•846 Views•May 16 2018•Conflict & Emergency,Ethics,Hunger,Poverty,Priorities of Giving,Commentary
Rabbi Emanuel Rackman, “Torah Concept of Empathic Justice Can Bring Peace,” The Jewish Week, (New York, 3 April 1977), p.19AJWS Staff•806 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Conflict & Emergency,Tikkun Olam,Oppression,Discrimination & Diversity
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity. (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996), p. 150.AJWS Staff•544 Views•May 16 2018•Poverty,Tikkun Olam,Civic Responsibility,Philosophy,Duty,Civil/Human Rights
Viktor Frankl, The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy. (A.A. Knopf: 1965).AJWS Staff•763 Views•May 16 2018•Mission,Purpose,Governance & Leadership,Service/Volunteerism,Philosophy,Task
Emanuel Levinas, "The Temptation of Temptation," Nine Talmudic Readings, trans. Annette Aronowicz (Indianapolis: Indiana Univ Press, 1994), p. 48-49.AJWS Staff•811 Views•May 16 2018•Sanctity of Human Life,Discrimination & Diversity,Commentary,Tikkun Olam
Jonathan Sacks, To Heal a Fractured World (New York: Random House, 2007), p. 7.AJWS Staff•558 Views•May 16 2018•Happiness,Meaning,Philosophy,Success,Service/Volunteerism,Tikkun Olam
Avot De-Rabbi Natan, version 1, chapter 6AJWS Staff•2678 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Water,Patience,Determination,Rabbi Akiva,Environment,Education
Babylonian Talmud, Chagiga 2a, 3bAJWS Staff•533 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Mental Illness,Commentary,Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Babylonian Talmud, Berachot 19bAJWS Staff•1678 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Legal Text,Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity,Rabbinic Prohibition
Orot HaKodesh 3:297AJWS Staff•1243 Views•May 16 2018•Psychology,Science,Legal Text,Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Arpelei Tohar, 30AJWS Staff•1213 Views•May 16 2018•Changes in Jewish Law,Legal Text,Prophecy,Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Paraphrased from Eliyahu E. Dessler, Strive for Truth: The Selected Writings of Rabbi E.E. Dessler, Part Two, translated into English and annotated by Aryeh Carmell (Jerusalem: Feldheim Publishers, 1988), pp. 52-57.AJWS Staff•12557 Views•May 16 2018•Trade, Aid & Debt,Tikkun Olam,Labor Rights,Poverty,Discrimination & Diversity,Ethical Consumption,Conflict & Emergency,Ethics,Hunger,Money,Tzedakah,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Civil/Human Rights,Personal Responsibility,Migration,Health,Advocacy,Education,Law & Business Ethics,Sustainable Development,Service/Volunteerism,Women’s Empowerment
Midrash Rabbah - Ecclesiastes 5:20AJWS Staff•842 Views•May 16 2018•Consumerism & Wealth,Ethical Consumption,Narrative Text,Environment
Mei HaShiloach, Vol. I, Pinchas, s.v. “Vayar Pinchas”AJWS Staff•1220 Views•May 16 2018•Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity,Freedom,Hasidism,Pinchas,Legal Text
Charles Strain, Prophetic Visions and Economic Realities (Grand Rapids: W. B. Eerdmans, 1989), p. 81.AJWS Staff•561 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Governance & Leadership,Tzedakah,Poverty,Discrimination & Diversity
Tzitz Eliezer, Part 9, 1:2AJWS Staff•1633 Views•May 16 2018•Hunger,Legal Text,Poverty,Tikkun Olam,Education,Trade, Aid & Debt,Tzedakah
Kitzur Piskei HaRosh, Bava Metzia 5:23AJWS Staff•1251 Views•May 16 2018•Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity,Legal Text,Heter Iskah,Interest,Commentary
Iggrot Moshe Orach Chaim 5:13AJWS Staff•1917 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Responsa,Halakha,Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity,Duress
Sridei Esh 2:11AJWS Staff•1022 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Responsa,Circumcision,Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity,Mumar,Halakha
Ecclesiastes 4:1AJWS Staff•643 Views•May 16 2018•Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature