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Jen is with IfNotNow Philly.

While there is a lot — a lot — to discuss in parshat Vayeira, the two pieces I want to focus on are the stories of S’dom and Amorah (Sodom and Gomorrah) and akedat Yitzhak (the binding of…

Jacob is with IfNotNow NYC.

Last Friday, IfNotNow NYC members gathered before Shabbat, outside the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, singing Rabbi Menachem Creditor’s Olam Chesed Yibaneh, written in the shadow of September 11th, and translated to English as “We…

Ayelet Wachs-Cashman is with IfNotNow NYC.

This is a uniquely special Shabbat for me. Not only have I completed a ten-day, 118 mile march from Charlottesville to Washington D.C., but it it also the thirteenth anniversary of my bat…

Rabbi Lizz is with IfNotNow DC.

This week’s Torah portion deals in the question of Chosenness. Moses tells the people of the Israelite camp that if they obey all the commandments, then God will love them and bless them above all the other peoples of…

Shaina Davis is with IfNotNow Twin Cities.

Lex is with IfNotNow Providence.

“The entire congregation are all holy, and God is in their midst. So why do you raise yourselves above God’s assembly?”

Welcome to Parashat Korach. For some, this section of the Torah tells the story of God’s…

Rabbi Lizz is with IfNotNow DC.

This week we celebrated the holiday of Shavuot, a joyous and delightful holiday in which it is customary to stay up all night eating dairy delectables and studying Jewish texts to celebrate the giving of the Torah…

Lizz is with IfNotNow DC.

At IfNotNow’s #ResistAIPAC action a few weeks ago, we used a lot of Passover imagery. When our friends who had locked themselves against the doors of the convention center were escorted away from the…

Rabbi Mira is with IfNotNow NYC.

Esh tamid tukad al hamizbe’ach, lo tichbeh, lo tichbeh.

“An eternal flame shall be kept burning on the altar;

Originally by Jamie Weisbach, IfNotNow Chicago.

In parashat Teruma, G-d begins to give the Israelites the instructions for the construction of the Mishkan, the travelling sanctuary that would serve as the focal point of their religious and communal life. The…