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On Yom Kippur, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg explains why repentance is so important
By Yonat Shimron — October 3, 2022
(RNS) — Society often expects victims of harm to forgive their perpetrators, regardless of whether they've cleaned up their act, says Ruttenberg. Judaism offers another way.
Women have been rabbis for 50 years. It’s time the rabbinate became safe for us.
By Mary Zamore — June 7, 2022
(RNS) — We have recommended that employees of all genders receive robust paid family and medical leave, that congregations uphold strong gender equity policies and adopt comprehensive ethics policies to ensure that every person is treasured and respected.
This Tisha B’Av, American Jews use the day of lament to cry out to God for Black lives
By Yonat Shimron — July 29, 2020
(RNS) — A group of Jews has been gathering daily at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza to lament injustices against Black Americans. It will culminate Thursday (July 30), on Tisha B’Av, the Jewish day of mourning for the Jerusalem Temple.
On Yom Kippur: Criminal justice reform for a new year
By guest — October 10, 2016
(RNS) This Yom Kippur, a rabbi connects the Jewish day of repentance with failings of American prisons.
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