Protectionהגנה

Hashkiveinu השכיבנו

No More Standing Idly By: Ending Child Abuse An ELI Talk by Rabbi Yakov Horowitz

Out of Context: Misunderstanding the Bible Week 4: Shepherds and Kings – How We Think About God and Humanity

Jewish Advocacy

Jane Kanarek, " What does Tikkun Olam Actually Mean?" in Righteous Indignation: A Jewish call for Justice. eds Rabbi Or N. Rose, Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, and Margie Klein (Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008) P. 19

Israeli Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty (http://www.knesset.gov.il/laws/special/eng/basic3_eng.htm)

Talmud, Arachin, 15b

Leviticus 19:16

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Rabbi Chaim David Halevi, Aseh Lecha Rav 7:70-71

Lo Taamod - You Shall Not Stand Idly By

Bachya Ibn Pakuda, Genesis 37:21

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.

The Social Justice Imperative

BabylonianTalmud, Shavuot 39a

Isaiah 1:17

Shavuot and the Harvest of Torah

Netivot Shalom, Lech Lecha

Minchat Shlomo, Vol. 2, 86:4

Tzedek, tzedek tirdof – Justice, justice you shall pursue

Marc Gopin, "Judaism, The Limits of War, and Conflict Resolution" (1991)

Building Community Through Service

Susan Sontag, "Regarding the Pain of Others" (New York: Picador, 2003)

Abraham Joshua Heschel, "A Passion for Truth" (Jewish Lights Publishing, April 1995), p.24

Ramchal, Mesillat Yesharim Chapter 7

Proverbs 31:4-9

Sefer HaManhig, Gates of Righteousness and Gemilut Chasadim, 715:2

Psalms 74:21

Numbers 14:36-38

Ethics and Advocacy

Rambam, Guide for the Perplexed 3:54

Deuteronomy 10:18-19

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Chukat-Balak

Dimensions of the Universe of Obligation

Moses' Persistence & Our Persistent Fight Against Hunger

The Lord is My "Shepherd"?

Isaiah 56:1

Abe Rosenthal, Thirty-Eight Witnesses: The Kitty Genovese Case (California, Univ of California Press 1964), pp. xxvii-xxix

Targum Yonatan, Deuteronomy 10:18-19

Excerpted from a Speech by Rabbi Norman Lamm

Text Rachel Adler, “The Jew Who Wasn’t There: Halacha and the Jewish Woman.” Response: A Contemporary Jewish Review, Summer 1973. p.80-81

Crisis of Hope for LGBT Youth Continues

Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter of Ger, Sefat Emet, Parshat Terumah, Year 5660

Daniel Gordis, God Was Not in the Fire (New York: Touchstone, 1996), p.17.

Isaiah 58:1-7

Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings 6:1

Exodus 23:6-9

Mekhilta d’Rabbi Yishmael: Bo -- Mesechta d’Piskha 5

Abraham Joshua Heschel, "A Prayer for Peace," 1971 from Abraham Joshua Heschel, Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996), p. 231.

Rosh Hashanah 5769

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Nasso

Albert Einstein

Dr. Maurice N. Eisendrath, from "The Price of Brotherhood", The Empire Club of Canada Speeches 1955-1956 (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956) pp. 219-235

The Imperative to Act, Yom Kippur 5770

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Texts on Activism

Numbers 27:1-11

Blu Greenberg, Statement [from the first National Jewish Women’s Conference], Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution (Jewish Women's Archive), #2.

BabylonianTalmud, Kiddushin 40b

Susan Weidman Schneider, Founder of Lilith Magazine

Responding to Disaster: Earthquake in Haiti (1/12/10)

Shabbat HaGadol: Hunger Ain't a Game

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Korach

Text Study - JFREJ Shabbat Vigil for Domestic Workers

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Yitro

What Does It Mean To Be A Leader?

BabylonianTalmud, Sanhedrin 17b

International Aid: Jewish Sources and Discussion Questions

Ibn Ezra, Exodus 22:23

On Jews Giving Tzedakah to non-Jews, Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses

Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 54b-55a

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Korach

MJ Rosenberg, On Human Rights Standards (From "Sharansky's Double Standard," The American Conservative, Michael Desch, 2009)

A Statement of Principles for Reform Judaism (Pittsburgh: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1999).

Isaiah 3:13-15

Rav Kook, "Lights of Holiness", trans. by Ben Zion Bokser (New York: Paulist Press, 1978), Ch.4

Zohar, Midrash Hane’elam, Parshat Noah

Sukkot and the Environment

Rashi on Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 67b

Babylonian Talmud, Moed Katan 27b

Isaiah Berlin, "Politics and Philosophy," The Pursuit of Ideals (New York:The New York Review of Books, 1988).

Rambam, The Guide of the Perplexed, 3:31

Isaiah 58:7-11

Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Prophets (New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2001) p. 200-201.

Exodus 32: 7-14

Rambam, Laws of the Murderer and Protecting Life 11:4

Amos 6:12

Isaiah 32:6-8

Dr. Daniel Ziskin, Jews of the Earth, Golden, CO, June 20, 2000 (Testimony of COEJL Representatives at at U.S. Forest Service Hearings).

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Remarks for Jewish Council for Public Affairs Feb 18, 2002

Proverbs 22:6

Elie Wiesel [on Indifference], US News & World Report (27 October 1986).

Psalms 119:121

Beit Yosef Choshen Mishpat 14:1a

Jewish Lenses on Disabilities, Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses

Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Judaism and Immigrant Rights (Jewish Funds for Justice).

BabylonianTalmud, Yoma 82a

Because of this, Jews Joined the "Food Movement"

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Ki Tavo

Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Prophets (New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2001) p.19.

The Guiding Principles of Reform Judaism, The Columbus Platform - 1937

Leviticus 25:35

Babylonian Talmud, Baba Batra 9b

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Korach

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Matot-Masei

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Ki Tisa

Jews Eating Well - Not as Obvious as it May Seem

Psalms 118:19-20

Rambam's Eight Chapters, Chapter 4

"Kvod Ha'adam," State of Israel v. Guta, High Court of Justice of Israel, cited in Melissa Weintraub, "Kvod Ha-Briot" (Rabbis for Human Rights: 2005).

Elie Wiesel, (Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters). New York: 1972, p. 142-143.

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Sh'lach

The Jewish Obligation to Prevent Genocide in Darfur

Lech Lecha and The Places We Find G-d

Ramban, Leviticus 19:2

Nechama Leibowitz, "And Our Oppression." Studies on the Haggadah from the Teachings of Nechama Leibowitz (New York: Urim Publications, 2002).

Rabbi Elliot Dorff, "Why We Must Support Universal Health Care," (The Jewish Journal, 8/26/2009)

Yom Kippur 5771

Intention and Action: A Text Study on Responding to Global Hunger

Babyloniam Talmud, Yoma 35b

Genesis 4:1-9

“A Lay Sermon by a Young Lady,” a Yom Kippur Sermon by Ray Frank, 1890

Midrash Ruth Rabba 5:9

So That Others Can Eat

Proverbs 2:20

Deuteronomy 21:1-9

Deuteronomy 27:18-19

Dresher Havurah 30 October 2010

Power and Responsibility: CJL May 2, 2012

Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Laws of Gifts to the Poor 8:15-16

Mishna, Pirkei Avot 1:17 - B

Pesikta d'Rav Kahana 12:6

Midrash Tanhuma, Mishpatim 2

Passover: Slavery, Freedom and Migration

Joel Westheimer and Joseph Kahne - Service Learning Required

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Vaera

Psalms 113:7-9

Exodus 32:1

Rambam, Laws of Temperament 6:7

Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashana 19a

Arguing for the Sake of Heaven

Blu Greenberg, Statement [from the first National Jewish Women’s Conference], Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution (Jewish Women's Archive).

Excerpt from Brooklyn Bridge newspaper article "We are coming home"

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Noach

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Toldot

Chanukah 5769

8th grade Jewish Environmental Justice text study

Advocacy and Social Justice

Proverbs 11:24-25

Joshua 20:9

Do the Right Thing: Moses as Model for Activism

Babylonian Talmud, Brachot 17a - C

Susannah Heschel, "Following in my father's footsteps: Selma 40 years later"

Rambam's Introduction to the Mishneh Torah

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Pekudei

Jonathan Safran Foer, "Against Meat," The New York Times, 9 Oct. 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11foer-t.html.

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Bereshit

Face to Face with Injustice and facing how we act to stop it

Learning Leads to Doing Which Leads to Learning...

Esther 4:14

Jewish Theological Seminary Press Release to Ordain Women, October 1983

5 Rules for Faith and Politics 2012

Texts on Protest

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Tzav

Exodus 3:9-11

Exodus 33:12-14

Alan Vorspan and David Saperstein, Jewish Dimensions of Social Justice (New York: UAHC Press, 1998), p. 6.

R. Haskel Lookstein and Social Activism (From Rav Chesed: The Life and Times of Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, page 55-56)

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Tetzaveh

Pay Attention

Excerpt from "Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure," by Emma Goldman

Rambam, Laws of the Murderer and Protecting Life 1:14

Isaiah

An Introduction to Social Action and Jewish Responsibility

Jewish Roots in Environmental Justice

Rabbi Abraham son of the Rambam, The Guide to Serving God, Chapter 5 D2

Exodus 12:29-36

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. 37

Aruch HaShulchan, Laws of Tzedakah, 251:14

Deuteronomy 1:16-17

Leonard Fein, excerpt from a 1969 speech on the Negro Revolution and the Jewish Community

Tanna de-vei Eliyahu Zuta I, Tzedakah, with commentary by Danny Gordis - as cited in "God Was Not in the Fire" by Danny Gordis, p. 15

BabylonianTalmud, Sanhedrin 95a

Remembering the Invisible Minority (Jewish Disability Awareness Month)

Ha’emek Davar, Leviticus 26:13

Mishna, Sotah 9:6

Leviticus 19:14

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Shemot

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Chukat

Exodus 3:7

Mordechai Kaplan in "Judais as a Civilization: Toward a Reconstruction of American-Jewish Life." (Jewish Publication Society of America, August 1994)

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Re'eh

A Teaching About Jewish Responses to Human Need, by Rabbi David Rosenn

Midrash Tannaim - Deuteronomy 16:20 - A

"Why We Went," a statement from prison signed by rabbis and Jewish lay leaders, St. Augustine, Florida,1964.

Rabbi Ovadiah S'Forno, Commentary on Exodus 2:11-17

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Metzora

Rambam, Hilkhot Sanhedrin 24:10

Lynn Gottleib, Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Bereshit

Women's Empowerment and Leadership: Biblical Figures and Modern Philosophy

Responsibility 101

Psalms 109:30-31

Abraham Joshua Heschel, A Passion for Truth, p. 34

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Chayei Sarah

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Terumah

Babylonian Talmud, Brachot 32a - 2

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Toldot

Laura Geller, "Jewish Feminism: Go To Yourself!" The Shalom Center, 17 June 2005.

Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav, from “Jewish Wisdom” by Joseph Telushkin

Proverbs 12:25

Nechama Leibowitz, "New Studies in Shemot," Parshat Shemot, (Israel: Haomanim Press, 1993), p. 41

Proverbs 14:31

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Vaetchanan

Samuel I 2:7-8

Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer, “A Rabbi in Politics?” from You are my Witness

Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 32a

Franza Kafka, ('Passers-by' in Contemplation). 1912.

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Bo

Chanukah 5771

Miriam, by Debbie Friedman

Rashi, Leviticus 25:35 (cf. Torat Kohanim, Sifre Behar, Chapter 5)

Exodus Rabbah 21:4

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Beshalach

Katlan et al. v. The Prison Service et. al., High Court of Justice of Israel, (1980) 34(3) PD 294 at 305-307.

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: Environment (2003)

Debbie Friedman cited in A Journey of Spirit. Prod. Ann Coppel (Jewish Women's Archive), http://jwa.org/feminism/.

Psalms 146:7-9

Genesis 18:23-25

Exodus 4:21

BabylonianTalmud, Sanhedrin 65b

Alan Vorspan and David Saperstein, Jewish Dimensions of Social Justice (New York: UAHC Press, 1998), p. 3.

Psalms 82:3-4

Remembering the Invisible Minority (Jewish Disability Awareness Month)

Metzudat David, Judges 4:4

Aruch HaShulchan, Laws of Tzedakah, 251:16

Tu BiShvat: Going Back to the Basics

Jewish Texts on Health Care

Don't Stand By

Ruth Messinger, "We Must Help, and in the Right Ways," JTA- August 25th, 2009

Rabbi Sidney Schwarz, “Can Social Justice Save the American Jewish Soul?”, Judaism, Justice, and American Life, p.9

Mishna, Pirkei Avot 2:10

"Conversation with Eve Ensler," Interview by Marianne Schnall, Feminist.com, 3 Oct. 2006.

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Tazria

Why?

1 Year Later: Partnering with Post-Earthquake Haiti -- Ki Tissa

Prayer for Hurricaine Katrina, Rabbi Michael Paley (2005)

Exodus 33:18-23

Susannah Heschel, from the Jewish Women's Archive (http://jwa.org/feminism/)

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Vayeshev

A Call to Action

Esther 2:10

Ezekiel 18:5-24

Ezekiel 22:6-12

Babylonian Talmud, Sukkah 29a-b

Genesis 31:10

BabylonianTalmud, Sanhedrin 73a

Shulchan Aruch, Orech Chayyim 671:5

Ecclesiastes 5:7

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Ha'Azinu

Babylonian Talmud, Yevamot 65b

Rashi, Exodus 23:9

Ezrat Nashim, "Call for Change," (Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative Movement: 14 March 1972).

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Bereshit

Max Fisher, then president-elect to the CJF (Council of Jewish Federations) in “Highlights,” 1969 CJF General Assembly

Leviticus 22:28

Hillel of Greater Philadelphia Staff Training: A Jewish Call to Action

Exodus 1:13-22

Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, quoted in Hasidic Anthology

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Vayetzei

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Vayetzei

Rabbi Avraham Weiss, “Women and the Reading of Megillah”, p. 16

Prayer for Transgender Day of Remembrance, Reuben Zellman

Abraham as an advocate

The Stranger, the Widow, and the Orphan

Genesis 44:30

Exodus 23:5

Stopping Torture Needs Unswerving Commitment

Exodus 24:7

Efraim Zuroff, "A Plea for Jewish Action Against the Crimes Being Committed in Darfur" (Edah), http://www.edah.org/zuroff.cfm.

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Vayigash

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Bo

Jewish Ethics on Advocacy

Judges 4:4

Genesis 37:18-24

The Hillel Tu B'Shvat Seder, The Importance of Trees

Bearing Witness