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Building Community Through ServiceAJWS Staff•1414 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Service to Others,Service/Volunteerism,Advocacy,Tzedakah,Community
Talmud, Arachin, 15bAJWS Staff•4946 Views•May 16 2018•Discrimination & Diversity,Conflict & Emergency,Social Justice,Legal Text,Advocacy
AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Chayei SarahAJWS Staff•466 Views•May 16 2018•Health,Chayei Sara,Women’s Empowerment,Advocacy,Education,Civil/Human Rights
AJWS Dvar Torah - Parshat BereshitAJWS Staff•2789 Views•May 16 2018•Bereshit,Sustainable Development,Personal Responsibility,Environment
Jewish Responses to the Global Food CrisisAJWS Staff•625 Views•May 16 2018•Famine,Food,Migration,Poverty,Trade, Aid & Debt,Hunger,Conflict & Emergency
Hospitality on SukkotAJWS Staff•1144 Views•May 16 2018•Hospitality,Governance & Leadership,Civil/Human Rights,Discrimination & Diversity
Moses: A Role ModelAJWS Staff•1781 Views•May 16 2018•Governance & Leadership,Service/Volunteerism,Education,Leadership,Moses
Food and JudaismAJWS Staff•945 Views•May 16 2018•Tree,Local Food,Food & Ethics,Ethical Consumption,Trees,Environment
Jewish Texts on HungerAJWS Staff•642 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•810 Views•May 16 2018•Advocacy,Women’s Empowerment,Philosophy,Narrative Text,Governance & Leadership
Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, quoted in Hasidic AnthologyAJWS Staff•450 Views•May 16 2018•Trade, Aid & Debt,Prayer and Poetry,Tzedakah,Poverty,Philosophy,Advocacy
Miriam, by Debbie FriedmanAJWS Staff•488 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•510 Views•May 16 2018•Advocacy,Women’s Empowerment,Education,Commentary,Civil/Human Rights
Rashi, Exodus 23:9AJWS Staff•545 Views•May 16 2018•Advocacy,Commentary,Tikkun Olam,Discrimination & Diversity,Civil/Human Rights
Babylonian Talmud, Kiddushin 40aAJWS Staff•924 Views•May 16 2018•Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity,Women’s Empowerment,Narrative Text
Exodus 22:24-26AJWS Staff•485 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Law & Business Ethics,Poverty,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature
Sefer HaChinuch, Mitzvah 600AJWS Staff•1215 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Civil/Human Rights,Service/Volunteerism,Conflict & Emergency
Responsa Sh'eilat Yaavetz 2:51, Rabbi Jacob EmdenAJWS Staff•2362 Views•May 16 2018•Civil/Human Rights,Conflict & Emergency,Commentary,Discrimination & Diversity
Ibn Ezra, Exodus 22:23AJWS Staff•865 Views•May 16 2018•Oppression,Commentary,Tikkun Olam,Witness,Civil/Human Rights,Advocacy
Kedushat Levi on Parshat NoachAJWS Staff•788 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Ethical Consumption,Philosophy,Tikkun Olam,Food & Ethics
Rambam, Laws of Idolatry, 10:5AJWS Staff•989 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•886 Views•May 16 2018•Labor Rights,Civil/Human Rights,Philosophy,Tikkun Olam,Discrimination & Diversity
Midrash Leviticus Rabbah 34AJWS Staff•1470 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•849 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•487 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•546 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•866 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•510 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•536 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•486 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Politics,Tikkun Olam,Jewish Consciousness,Jewish History
Ruth Messinger: "What is Religion for?"- November 19, 2001AJWS Staff•490 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•605 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Commentary,Civil/Human Rights,Discrimination & Diversity,Equality
Genesis 12:2AJWS Staff•558 Views•May 16 2018•Sustainable Development,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Tikkun Olam,Jewish People
Proverbs 31:10-31AJWS Staff•1731 Views•May 16 2018•Labor Rights,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Poverty,Tikkun Olam,Women’s Empowerment
Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 46aAJWS Staff•720 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Religious Law,Conflict & Emergency,Governance & Leadership
Jerusalem Talmud, Nedarim 30bAJWS Staff•906 Views•May 16 2018•Respect,Tikkun Olam,Philosophy,Discrimination & Diversity,Civil/Human Rights
Proverbs 3:28AJWS Staff•624 Views•May 16 2018•Law & Business Ethics,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Labor Rights,Legal Text
Mishna, Pirkei Avot 1:13AJWS Staff•1828 Views•May 16 2018•Ethics,Self,Tikkun Olam,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Philosophy,Civil/Human Rights
Proverbs 2:20AJWS Staff•671 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•633 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Prophecy,Change,Tikkun Olam,Good Deeds,Organizing,Charity,Advocacy
Mishna, Pirkei Avot 2:15-16AJWS Staff•1786 Views•May 16 2018•Service/Volunteerism,Legal Text,Labor,Labor Rights,Civil/Human Rights
I Kings 17:7-16AJWS Staff•498 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•578 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•694 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Legal Text,Poor,Service/Volunteerism,Tzedakah,Poverty,Needy,Charity
Proverbs 12:27-28AJWS Staff•894 Views•May 16 2018•Ethical Consumption,Ethics,Tikkun Olam,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature
Proverbs 11:24-25AJWS Staff•512 Views•May 16 2018•Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Poverty,Advocacy,Service/Volunteerism,Tzedakah
Igrot Moshe Choshen Mishpat 1:72AJWS Staff•7064 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•577 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Law & Business Ethics,Labor Law,Local Custom,Labor Rights
Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 65bAJWS Staff•2047 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Anger,Spending,Moderation,Ethical Consumption,Tzedakah
Rashi, Deuteronomy 6:18AJWS Staff•441 Views•May 16 2018•Law & Business Ethics,Compromise,Commentary,Conflict & Emergency,Ethics
Babylonian Talmud, Baba Batra 9:1AJWS Staff•534 Views•May 16 2018•Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity,Women’s Empowerment,Women,Legal Text
Babylonian Talmud, Brachot 17a - AAJWS Staff•926 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•1157 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•1282 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•555 Views•May 16 2018•Tzedek,Women’s Empowerment,Tikkun Olam,Philosophy,Gertrude Weil,Religion
Rose Schneiderman on keeping earningsAJWS Staff•447 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Books,Assimilation,Labor,Leisure,Labor Rights,Labor Leaders
Sarah Rozner recalls "testing" her motherAJWS Staff•586 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Assimilation,Labor Rights,Labor Movement,Papers,Labor,Unions
Sarah Rozner on StrikingAJWS Staff•731 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•2041 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•572 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Environment,Conflict & Emergency,Food & Ethics,Ethical Consumption
Shulchan Aruch: Hoshen Mishpat 231AJWS Staff•732 Views•May 16 2018•Food & Ethics,Legal Text,Food Prices,Ethical Consumption,Speculation
Unidentified Medieval commentary to Babylonian Talmud, Tamid 29bAJWS Staff•541 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•1104 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Commentary,Legal Text,Trade, Aid & Debt,Poverty,Tzedakah
Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Laws of Opinions 3:1AJWS Staff•966 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Moderation,Ethical Consumption,Golden Mean,Balance,Philosophy
Beyond Beef, Jeremy RifkinAJWS Staff•1075 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Environment,Climate Change,Food & Ethics,Ethical Consumption
Tomer Devorah (Rav Moshe Cordovero) Ch. 3AJWS Staff•749 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Environment,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Animals,Plants & Trees
Rav Ovadia Bartenura, Mishnah Bava Kama 7:7AJWS Staff•844 Views•May 16 2018•Plants & Trees,Agriculture,Animals,Relating to the Land,Commentary,Environment
Proverbs 22:16AJWS Staff•535 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Tzedakah,Tzedakah Distribution,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Poverty
Proverbs 21:21AJWS Staff•710 Views•May 16 2018•Tikkun Olam,Tzedakah,Service/Volunteerism,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature
Ezekiel 18:20AJWS Staff•694 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•1666 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Human Rights,Eldery,Discrimination & Diversity,Civil/Human Rights
Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 35aAJWS Staff•518 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•679 Views•May 16 2018•Ethical Eating,Commentary,Ethical Consumption,Food & Ethics,Kashrut
Proverbs 6:30AJWS Staff•845 Views•May 16 2018•Law & Business Ethics,Tzedakah,Poverty,Prophecy and Wisdom Literature,Hunger,Theft
Babylonian Talmud-Tractate Megila 6aAJWS Staff•1183 Views•May 16 2018•Trees,Plants,Food,Relating to the Land,Commentary,Water,Environment
A Hunger Al Cheit by Rabbi Noah FarkasAJWS Staff•890 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•413 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•721 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•601 Views•May 16 2018•Love,Philosophy,Action,Tikkun Olam,Sustainable Development,Environment
Shulchan Aruch and Rama, Orech Chaim 664:9AJWS Staff•671 Views•May 16 2018•Trees,Plants,Ethical Consumption,Consumerism,Wealth,Legal Text,Environment
Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin 97bAJWS Staff•2350 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•745 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•761 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•520 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•616 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•724 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•529 Views•May 16 2018•Happiness,Meaning,Philosophy,Success,Service/Volunteerism,Tikkun Olam
Avot De-Rabbi Natan, version 1, chapter 6AJWS Staff•2527 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Water,Patience,Determination,Rabbi Akiva,Environment,Education
Babylonian Talmud, Chagiga 2a, 3bAJWS Staff•499 Views•May 16 2018•Legal Text,Mental Illness,Commentary,Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Babylonian Talmud, Berachot 19bAJWS Staff•1552 Views•May 16 2018•Commentary,Legal Text,Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity,Rabbinic Prohibition
Orot HaKodesh 3:297AJWS Staff•1200 Views•May 16 2018•Psychology,Science,Legal Text,Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Arpelei Tohar, 30AJWS Staff•1175 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•12290 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•771 Views•May 16 2018•Consumerism & Wealth,Ethical Consumption,Narrative Text,Environment
Mei HaShiloach, Vol. I, Pinchas, s.v. “Vayar Pinchas”AJWS Staff•1169 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•523 Views•May 16 2018•Narrative Text,Governance & Leadership,Tzedakah,Poverty,Discrimination & Diversity
Tzitz Eliezer, Part 9, 1:2AJWS Staff•1521 Views•May 16 2018•Hunger,Legal Text,Poverty,Tikkun Olam,Education,Trade, Aid & Debt,Tzedakah
Kitzur Piskei HaRosh, Bava Metzia 5:23AJWS Staff•1167 Views•May 16 2018•Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity,Legal Text,Heter Iskah,Interest,Commentary