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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

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

Jewish Advocacy

Lo Taamod - You Shall Not Stand Idly By

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

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.

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

Talmud, Arachin, 15b

BabylonianTalmud, Shavuot 39a

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Leviticus 19:16

Bachya Ibn Pakuda, Genesis 37:21

Netivot Shalom, Lech Lecha

Tzedek, tzedek tirdof – Justice, justice you shall pursue

Building Community Through Service

The Social Justice Imperative

Minchat Shlomo, Vol. 2, 86:4

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

Ramchal, Mesillat Yesharim Chapter 7

Isaiah 1:17

Dimensions of the Universe of Obligation

Shavuot and the Harvest of Torah

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

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

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

Psalms 74:21

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

Proverbs 31:4-9

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

Numbers 14:36-38

Rambam, Guide for the Perplexed 3:54

Deuteronomy 10:18-19

The Lord is My "Shepherd"?

Zohar, Midrash Hane’elam, Parshat Noah

Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 54b-55a

Moses' Persistence & Our Persistent Fight Against Hunger

Isaiah 58:1-7

Targum Yonatan, Deuteronomy 10:18-19

Isaiah 56:1

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

Ethics and Advocacy

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Chukat-Balak

Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings 6:1

Excerpted from a Speech by Rabbi Norman Lamm

Albert Einstein

Crisis of Hope for LGBT Youth Continues

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

Rosh Hashanah 5769

BabylonianTalmud, Sanhedrin 17b

Numbers 27:1-11

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

The Imperative to Act, Yom Kippur 5770

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Texts on Activism

Exodus 23:6-9

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

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.

Susan Weidman Schneider, Founder of Lilith Magazine

What Does It Mean To Be A Leader?

BabylonianTalmud, Kiddushin 40b

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

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Nasso

Proverbs 22:6

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

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

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

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

International Aid: Jewish Sources and Discussion Questions

Shabbat HaGadol: Hunger Ain't a Game

Babylonian Talmud, Moed Katan 27b

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

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

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Yitro

Text Study - JFREJ Shabbat Vigil for Domestic Workers

Isaiah 3:13-15

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Korach

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

Sukkot and the Environment

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Korach

Ibn Ezra, Exodus 22:23

Rambam, The Guide of the Perplexed, 3:31

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

Beit Yosef Choshen Mishpat 14:1a

Isaiah 58:7-11

Rashi on Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 67b

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

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

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

Psalms 118:19-20

Exodus 32: 7-14

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Korach

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Matot-Masei

Jews Eating Well - Not as Obvious as it May Seem

Isaiah 32:6-8

BabylonianTalmud, Yoma 82a

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

Amos 6:12

Jewish Lenses on Disabilities, Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses

Midrash Ruth Rabba 5:9

Babylonian Talmud, Baba Batra 9b

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

The Jewish Obligation to Prevent Genocide in Darfur

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

Proverbs 2:20

Ramban, Leviticus 19:2

Psalms 119:121

Babyloniam Talmud, Yoma 35b

Rambam's Eight Chapters, Chapter 4

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

Leviticus 25:35

Genesis 4:1-9

Midrash Tanhuma, Mishpatim 2

Because of this, Jews Joined the "Food Movement"

Lech Lecha and The Places We Find G-d

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

Joel Westheimer and Joseph Kahne - Service Learning Required

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

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

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Ki Tisa

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

"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).

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Ki Tavo

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

Dresher Havurah 30 October 2010

Esther 4:14

Exodus 32:1

Yom Kippur 5771

Do the Right Thing: Moses as Model for Activism

Chanukah 5769

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Sh'lach

Pesikta d'Rav Kahana 12:6

Passover: Slavery, Freedom and Migration

Arguing for the Sake of Heaven

So That Others Can Eat

Mishna, Pirkei Avot 1:17 - B

Deuteronomy 27:18-19

8th grade Jewish Environmental Justice text study

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

Learning Leads to Doing Which Leads to Learning...

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

Texts on Protest

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

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

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Noach

Advocacy and Social Justice

Pay Attention

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

Jewish Theological Seminary Press Release to Ordain Women, October 1983

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Toldot

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

Power and Responsibility: CJL May 2, 2012

Jewish Ethics on Advocacy

Psalms 113:7-9

Exodus 4:21

Exodus 3:9-11

Exodus 33:18-23

Deuteronomy 21:1-9

Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 32a

Rambam, Laws of Temperament 6:7

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

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Chayei Sarah

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Pekudei

Psalms 109:30-31

Babylonian Talmud, Brachot 17a - C

BabylonianTalmud, Sanhedrin 95a

Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashana 19a

Proverbs 11:24-25

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Bereshit

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Chukat

5 Rules for Faith and Politics 2012

Rambam's Introduction to the Mishneh Torah

Jewish Roots in Environmental Justice

An Introduction to Social Action and Jewish Responsibility

Ezekiel 18:5-24

Babylonian Talmud, Brachot 32a - 2

Chanukah 5771

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Vaera

Exodus 12:29-36

Midrash Tannaim - Deuteronomy 16:20 - A

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

Deuteronomy 1:16-17

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

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

Psalms 146:7-9

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

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

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

Aruch HaShulchan, Laws of Tzedakah, 251:14

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

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

The Stranger, the Widow, and the Orphan

Joshua 20:9

Mishna, Pirkei Avot 2:10

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

Proverbs 14:31

Samuel I 2:7-8

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

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

Proverbs 12:25

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

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Tetzaveh

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Tzav

Exodus 33:12-14

Exodus 1:13-22

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

Tu BiShvat: Going Back to the Basics

Aruch HaShulchan, Laws of Tzedakah, 251:16

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Bereshit

Isaiah

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

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Vaetchanan

Ha’emek Davar, Leviticus 26:13

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

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

Rambam, Hilkhot Sanhedrin 24:10

Ezekiel 22:6-12

Leviticus 19:14

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Shemot

Bearing Witness

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

Exodus 23:5

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Vayetzei

Exodus 3:7

BabylonianTalmud, Sanhedrin 65b

Psalms 82:3-4

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

Lynn Gottleib, Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Ha'Azinu

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Bereshit

Rashi, Exodus 23:9

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Vayigash

Remembering the Invisible Minority (Jewish Disability Awareness Month)

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

Genesis 18:23-25

Prayer for Transgender Day of Remembrance, Reuben Zellman

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

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

Miriam, by Debbie Friedman

Prayer for Hurricaine Katrina, Rabbi Michael Paley (2005)

Esther 2:10

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Toldot

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Terumah

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

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 Re'eh

Mishna, Sotah 9:6

Genesis 31:10

Exodus Rabbah 21:4

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Vayeshev

Why?

Judges 4:4

Ecclesiastes 5:7

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

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Beshalach

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Metzora

BabylonianTalmud, Sanhedrin 73a

Shulchan Aruch, Orech Chayyim 671:5

Remembering the Invisible Minority (Jewish Disability Awareness Month)

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Bo

Responsibility 101

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

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

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: Environment (2003)

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Tazria

Exodus 24:7

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

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Vayetzei

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

Don't Stand By

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

Jewish Texts on Health Care

Genesis 44:30

A Call to Action

Babylonian Talmud, Yevamot 65b

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

Abraham as an advocate

Babylonian Talmud, Sukkah 29a-b

Metzudat David, Judges 4:4

Genesis 37:18-24

AJWS Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Bo

Leviticus 22:28

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

Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, quoted in Hasidic Anthology

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

Stopping Torture Needs Unswerving Commitment

Sodom's Going Down For Real