Uri L'Tzedek: Orthodox Social Justice

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With Rabbi Shmuly, Sam Heath, Cece Jones Davis, Stacy Rector and Cantor Michael Zoosman

And if not now, then when? Everyday Life Social Justice  Social Justice may sometimes feels like remote from our daily lives, as it belonged to heroes or to exceptional circumstances. Yet in Jewish culture it is built in the fabric of everyday. By being commanded to care for the orphan, the widow, the stranger and even our enemy, not only are we invited to look around and do what can be done, incl...

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Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, Jonah Goldman, Emma Goldblatt & Eddie Chavez Calderon discuss Caring For Workers Animals & Our Environment: A Torah Revolution Watch the video recording of this class on Uri L’Tzedek’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UC_htFNr9duz-KJiXdtW8pIw - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - STAY CONNECTED: Website: utzedek.org Newsletter: utzedek.org/subscribe...

Rabbi Marianne Novak at Uri L’Tzedek on “Parasha Ki Tavo: Deja Vu or a template for preparing for Teshuva for the High Holidays?" EVENT DESCRIPTION Parasha Ki Tavo contains a myriad of severe curses that God promises will occur to the Jewish people if they don’t obey the commandments. We have actually seen most of these curses before in Parasha Bechukotai. Is this just a repetitive warning or is t...

Rabbi Aharon Ariel Lavi at Uri L'Tzedek on Shmita: Then and Now Seven , the new book by Aharon Ariel Lavi, is one of the first attempts of its kind to interpret the ancient idea of Shmita (the Biblical Sabbatical year) in relation to contemporary economic and social issues: sustainability, community, the job market, the debt crisis, economic cycles, and more. The book brings traditional sources an...

Chief Rabbi Jair Melchior at Uri L’Tzedek on “Is Pluralism a Punishment?" EVENT DESCRIPTION An in-depth reading of the story of the Tower of Babel. Watch the video recording of this class on Uri L’Tzedek’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UC_htFNr9duz-KJiXdtW8pIw   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - STAY CONNECTED: Website: utzedek.org   Newsletter: utzedek.org/subscribe Faceboo...

Noam Zion at Uri L'Tzedek on Maimonide’s Tzedakah vs Paul’s Charity - Two Narratives of Giving, Two Religious Worldviews. Both Paul and Maimonides not only preached about charity and tzedakah, but they also engaged in public fundraising for the needy. However, Paul’s and Maimonides’ ideals of religious giving and its motivation are very different. This class closely examines the similarities and d...

Rabbanit Bracha Jaffę at Uri L'Tzedek on "The Three Weeks: Old Mourning vs. New Mourning"  Come and learn about how our sages structured our most intense period of communal mourning as an exact inverse of our private mourning practices. This class spends some moments reflecting on what we might be mourning in today's world: loss of peace, loss of freedom, loss of safety. Watch the video recording...

Rabbi Haim Ovadia at Uri L’Tzedek on “The Book of Job as the Guide for Jewish Ethics"  EVENT DESCRIPTION The Book of Job is traditionally perceived as a treatise about good and evil and about the age-old problem of Divine Justice, or theodicy. This class suggests that the Book of Job presents a new stage in the development of Jewish ethics, and that this new theology, which is extremely relevant a...

Rabbi Barry Dolinger at Uri L'Tzedek on Get Abuse: The Problem and the Solutions  Using real case details, this class will features an overview of the many systems, some hidden and some transparent, that Support & Incentivize gett abuse and agunot in the United States. The class also examines emergent solutions and policy strategies to solve the crisis used by the International Beit Din and ot...

A conversation between Ruth Messinger and Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek) as part of ULT’s Torah in Action Interview Series.  Watch the video version of this interview on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/jK7IcZfiT00 Stay conntected Uri L’Tzedek’s Orthodox Social Justice work: • Website: www.utzedek.org   • Newsletter: www.utzedek.org/subscribe   • Faceboo...

Dr. Rav Alexandra (Eliora) Peretz at Uri L'Tzedek: "Introduction to Transitional Justice: From Theory to Practice" This class presents the main system used in academia when dealing with transitional justice. The overarching purpose of transitional justice is to investigate past human rights violations such as ethnic cleansing, genocides, crimes against humanity, and human rights abuses,  as well a...

Dr. Marc Dollinger at Uri L’Tzedek on 1619, 1654, 2022: Jews, Race, & U.S. History EVENT DESCRIPTION With our national reckoning on race, so many American Jews are reflecting on systemic racism and ways we may be able to help. This is a candid, and probably difficult, journey through American Jewish history as we explore historical documents about Jews and racism. This episode explores what it...

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Idit Klein of Keshet is interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek) as part of ULT’s Torah in Action Interview Series.  Watch the video version of this interview on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW7QfJo8KQLLbNthCdXh7ojRxFaULlSBZ   Stay conntected Uri L’Tzedek’s Orthodox Social Justice work: • Website: www.utzedek.org   • Newsletter: ww...

For many, transgender identity is a relatively new concept that is absent from the Torah and ancient Jewish texts, and for which Jewish tradition offers no guidance or perspective. However, if Gd’s word is Eternal and True, the text must be “turned and turned again” until a new perspective can reveal a distinctly Jewish tak

Matt Nosanchuk, of New York Jewish Agenda is interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek (ULT) as part of ULT’s Torah in Action Interview Series. Learn more about Uri L’Tzedek’s Orthodox Social Justice work: utzedek.org More Torah in Action Interviews: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_htFNr9duz-KJiXdtW8pIw/featured Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts...

Rabbi Jessy Dressin of Repair the World, is interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek (ULT) as part of ULT’s Torah in Action Interview Series. Learn more about Uri L’Tzedek’s Orthodox Social Justice work: utzedek.org More Torah in Action Interviews: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_htFNr9duz-KJiXdtW8pIw/featured Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts....

Rabbi Micha Odenheimer, founder  Tevel b'Tzedek: The Earth in Justice is interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek, as part of our Torah in Action Interview Series.  STAY CONNECTED: Website: utzedek.org   Newsletter: utzedek.org/subscribe Facebook: facebook.com/uriltzedek YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC_htFNr9duz-KJiXdtW8pIw   Donate: https://www.paypal.co...

Rabbi Steve Greenberg, Founding Director of Eshel is interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek (ULT) as part of ULT’s Torah in Action Interview Series. Learn more about Uri L’Tzedek’s Orthodox Social Justice work: utzedek.org Learn more about Eshel: https://www.eshelonline.org/ More Torah in Action Interviews: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ht...

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