Living intentionally as Job’s brother

Living intentionally as Job’s brother

by | Sep 26, 2024

What the metaphor of Job’s brother offers us is the responsibility to use our position to recognize that all human life is sacred. Our distance from Job’s pain comes with an obligation to continue to hold our communities to account while working separately in broader movements to end the war and achieve justice in Israel/Palestine.

Love is a religious value, but only if we make it one

Love is a religious value, but only if we make it one

by | Jul 11, 2024

Seeing Judaism as rooted in love is a choice. When we inherit a tradition, we make choices about which values to center and which to set aside. When I think about my grandfather, I remember someone for whom Judaism nourished his ability to care for others in a loving, heartfelt way.