Articles on Festivals

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02/15/12 Occupy Holy Week, Occupy Passover: Dancing in the World-wide Earthquake Bo, Beshallach, Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Globalization and Economic Justice, Pesach, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Environmental Justice, Jewish Renewal, Spirituality of Justice
01/21/12 Deep Winter, Full Moon: The Juice of Life Begins to Rise Again. Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Environmental Justice, Earth, Tu B'Shvat
01/10/12 Transformative Judaism & the Burning Bush Shemot, Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Globalization and Economic Justice, Pesach, Interreligious Relations, Jewish Renewal, Spirituality of Justice
12/09/11 This Hanukkah, U can help heal Earth's Climate: Climate policy, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Hanukkah
11/30/11 Reb Zalman's Prayers for Hoshana Rabbah Earth, Sukkot
10/26/11 Carrying Transformative Judaism into Public Space Globalization and Economic Justice, Jewish Renewal, Sukkot
10/26/11 From “Occupy Wall Street” to Where? Questions! Globalization and Economic Justice, Jewish Renewal, Sukkot
10/05/11 Isaiah breaks into the official liturgy of Yom Kippur Globalization and Economic Justice, Civil Liberties & Human Rights, New Biblical Translations, Interreligious Relations, Jewish Renewal, Prophets, Yom Kippur, Spirituality of Justice, Torture
09/25/11 What's the deep meaning of "Rosh Hashanah" -- NOT just "Happy New Year" Freeing Our Time, Globalization and Economic Justice, Interreligious Relations, Rosh HaShanah, Jewish Renewal, Earth, Nonviolence & Violence in Judaism, Spirituality of Justice
08/30/11 Ten Years Later: The Sukkah & the World Trade Center Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Eleven Days in September (2002), Sukkot, Terrorism
08/15/11 Sex, Joy, and Sisterhood – Ancient Jerusalem, Modern Alleghenies Sexuality & Spirituality, Tu B'Av
08/10/11 Israeli Tent-City Protests: The View from R. Arik Ascherman & Rabbis for Human Rights Globalization and Economic Justice, Tisha B'Av, Nonviolence & Violence in Judaism
07/31/11 Ramadan & Av: Learning from Each Other Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Tisha B'Av, Interreligious Relations
06/23/11 In memory of Esther Broner, a Weaver of feminist Judaism Pesach, Jewish Renewal
06/02/11 Sinai: The Universe Says "I" Yitro, Shavuot, Jewish Renewal
06/01/11 Speaking Beyond Words: Wilderness, Sinai, Shavuot, Pentecost Yitro, Shavuot
05/09/11 The Flood, the Ark, and the Rainbow: Celebrating Rainbow Day & Shabbat Noach Noah, Genesis, Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, More Holidays
04/28/11 40 Years, a Pregnant Pause. And then, a Birth or a Belch? Shavuot, Interreligious Relations, Jewish Renewal
04/15/11 "Akiba": A Poem by Muriel Rukeyser Shemot, Pesach, Shavuot, Jewish Renewal
03/14/11 Passover Now: Interfaith Seder to Free the Wounded Earth and Face the Pharaohs of Today Global Scorching, Pesach, Endangered Species, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis
03/11/11 Strong Praise for "Freedom Journeys"-- McKibben, Messinger, Wallis &c: http://www.theshalomcenter.org/freedom-journeys Shemot, Va'era, Va'etchanan, Bo, Tazria, Beshallach, Yitro, Kedoshim, Shelach, Teruma, Behar, Korach, Bechukotay, Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Global Scorching, Hukkat, Pesach, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Sexuality & Spirituality, Shavuot, Vezot Haberakha, Pekude, Pinchas, Jewish Renewal, Nonviolence & Violence in Judaism, Spirituality of Justice, The Nature of Torah, Peace
02/20/11 For Madison, Wis, thank God! (and Moses, who organized Brickmakers Union # 1) Va'era, Pesach, Spirituality of Justice, Justice
02/14/11 Mubarak's Quitting & Beyond: Hallelu-YAH! Dayenu! – And the next step ... Beshallach, Pesach, Egyptian Revolution
02/02/11 Egypt & America: From the Red Sea of Old to Tahrir Square Now Global Scorching, Pesach, Food, Spirituality of Justice, Egyptian Revolution
01/30/11 Egypt's Pharaohs – Ancient & Today: Mubarak's Military Mindset & His Allies Here & Elsewhere Global Scorching, Pesach, Israeli-Palestinian Collision, Spirituality of Justice, Egyptian Revolution, US - Afghan/Pakistan War, World Empire
01/21/11 Reading Deep for Tu B'Shvat Tu B'Shvat
01/07/11 In Wintry times, nurture life! Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Interreligious Relations, Tu B'Shvat
01/03/11 Trees of Earth, The Tree in Heaven: The Growth of Tu B’Shvat Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Tu B'Shvat
12/29/10 What did we get done this past year? Jewish Renewal, Seasons of American Sacred Time
12/22/10 Trees, "Avatar," and Old King Coal Pesach, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Environmental Justice, Interreligious Relations, Tu B'Shvat
08/19/10 Yom Kippur: New Meaning, A New Martyrology Yom Kippur
07/22/10 Joy/Heartbreak/Grandchild: That's one word, not three. Global Scorching, Tisha B'Av
06/18/10 "Eicha" for the Earth: The Text of a Ceremony of Sorrow, Hope, & Action Climate policy, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Tisha B'Av, Interreligious Relations
06/09/10 Tell Congress: The Earth is not for Burning Climate policy, Tisha B'Av
05/27/10 Yankee Doodle, 2010 Global Scorching, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Fourth of July
05/25/10 July 4, 2011: Declaring Independence from Corporate Domination Community, Fourth of July, Earth, Justice, Peace
05/17/10 Beyond the Gulf Disaster: Tisha B'Av & Prayerful Grass-roots Action to Heal the Earth Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Tisha B'Av
03/31/10 Martin Luther King, April 4, & the Freedom Seder Pesach, Jewish Renewal, Justice and Race, Spirituality of Justice
03/31/10 Oh Freedom: Inward, Outward Community, Pesach
02/18/10 Making Passover, July 4, & Labor Day into ACTION-Festivals of Freedom & Justice Globalization and Economic Justice, Pesach, Fourth of July, Interreligious Relations, Seasons of American Sacred Time, World Empire
01/22/10 How do we face Pharaoh when the Supreme Court wears his face? Bo, Global Scorching, Pesach, Spirituality of Justice
01/08/10 The Long Narrow Pharaoh & the Midwives Who Gave Birth to Freedom Shemot, Pesach, Justice and Gender, Spirituality of Justice, World Empire
11/19/09 Green Menorah Covenant Coalition: Personal, Congregational, & Public-Policy Changes to Avert Global Scorching Teruma, Earth, Hanukkah, Tu B'Shvat
03/18/09 Printable PDF New Freedom Seder for the Earth, with full-color graphic cover! Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Pesach, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Justice & immigration, Environmental Justice, Interreligious Relations, Justice and Race, Peace
02/03/09 New Interfaith Freedom Seder for the Earth: Text of an Earth-Haggadah Global Scorching, Globalization and Economic Justice, Pesach, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Justice & immigration, Environmental Justice, Interreligious Relations, Justice and Gender
10/22/02 Taanit Tzibbur: Communal Fast in Time of Calamity: drought, famine, war, etc 17 Tammuz, Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Fasting for Peace and Justice, War, Peace, & the Jewish Community
09/08/01 From A Dark & Bloody Purim, New Torah Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Israeli-Palestinian Collision, Fasting for Peace and Justice, Purim
09/08/01 Burnt Offering: Tisha B'av. Chapter 12, "Seasons of our Joy" Global Scorching, Tisha B'Av, War, Peace, & the Jewish Community
04/13/11 Let My People Go! Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Globalization and Economic Justice, Pesach, Environmental Justice
03/31/11 April 2011--Mixing Memory, Desire, & Action Shemot, Pesach, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Environmental Justice, Spirituality of Justice
02/03/11 Most Purimdik Adar -- the One with No Purim! Nonviolence & Violence in Judaism, Purim
11/17/10 3 Festivals: Eid Mubarak, Light-filled Hanukkah, Joyful Sharing Thxgvg Abundance Globalization and Economic Justice, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Interreligious Relations, Hanukkah
11/16/10 The Hammer Song Climate policy, Global Scorching, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Earth, Hanukkah
11/03/10 Toward Passover & Holy Week: Action for Jobs, Not War; What are Pharaoh & Caesar today? Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Global Scorching, Globalization and Economic Justice, Pesach, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Environmental Justice, Interreligious Relations, Spirituality of Justice, US - Afghan/Pakistan War
09/27/10 The Long Narrow Pharaoh and the Pass-over People Exodus, Birth, Pesach, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Justice and Gender, Justice and Race
09/27/10 The Earth Is Not For Burning: Tisha B'Av 2010, Part I Climate policy, Global Scorching, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Tisha B'Av, Environmental Justice
09/27/10 Healing the Earth: Tisha B'Av 2010, Part II Climate policy, Global Scorching, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Tisha B'Av, Environmental Justice
09/21/10 Spread over ALL of Us the Sukkah of Shalom Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Sukkot, War, Peace, & the Jewish Community
08/31/10 Reading from the books that some would burn Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Interreligious Relations, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur
08/26/10 9/11 and Rosh Hashanah: Reconciling Abraham's Families, Celebrating American Diversity Va'yeira, Chayye Sara, Genesis, Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Israeli-Palestinian Collision, Interreligious Relations, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur
08/12/10 High Holy Days: Does the Earth really matter? B'reshit, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Earth
07/26/10 Days High & Holy, Days of Awe & Beauty: Join Us for Holy-Day Retreats at Elat Chayyim B'reshit, Rosh HaShanah, Jewish Renewal, Yom Kippur
07/22/10 Report, Photos, & Video: Tisha B'Av & pro-Earth rally at US Capitol, July 20, 2010 Climate policy, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Tisha B'Av
07/02/10 Honor Earth, July 20 at US Capitol: Lament, Hope, Act to Heal Mother Earth Climate policy, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Tisha B'Av
06/21/10 Haftarah for July 4: Declaration of Independence in Haftarah Chant Shofetim, Fourth of July, Jewish Renewal, Spirituality of Justice
06/14/10 An Old/New Song For American Independence: "Yankee Doodle" vs. Big Oil & Big Coal Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Fourth of July
06/09/10 Grief, Hope, Action: Tisha B'Av for the Earth Climate policy, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Tisha B'Av
05/18/10 Waskow course on Eco-focusing Festival Celebrations Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Global Scorching, Tisha B'Av
05/14/10 Observing Tisha B'Av as a Prayerful Political Act Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Global Scorching, Tisha B'Av
05/14/10 OYL! -- Corruption, the Spirit, the Earth, & Us Bechukotay, Climate policy, Global Scorching, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Tisha B'Av
05/04/10 GOD’S EARTH IS NOT FOR BURNING Global Scorching, Tisha B'Av
04/06/10 Maimouna: When Jews & Muslims Share their Sustenance Pesach, Interreligious Relations
03/10/10 "Avatar," Exodus, & Kabbalah Shemot, B'reshit, Va'era, Bo, Beshallach, Pesach, Earth, Tu B'Shvat, World Empire
02/23/10 Freedom Seder --expanded 2d edition (1970) Bo, Exodus, Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Pesach, Interreligious Relations, Justice and Race, Spirituality of Justice
02/23/10 PESACH: REBIRTHING THE EARTH, THE PEOPLE, & FREEDOM Shemot, Va'era, Bo, Beshallach, Exodus, Pesach
01/11/10 The AVATAR film & Tu B'Shvat: the ReBirthDay of trees & The Tree Shemot, Bo, Global Scorching, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Tu B'Shvat, World Empire
12/08/09 The Eight Faces of Hanukkah Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Hanukkah
12/07/09 Dear Earth, happy Hanukkah! -- 8 days, 8 actions Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Hanukkah
12/02/09 From Hanukkah to Copenhagen: A Broad-Based Jewish Call to Action Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Global Scorching, Hanukkah
11/29/09 (In)Gratitude Seasons of American Sacred Time
11/23/09 Hanukkah for Humanity Global Scorching, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Hanukkah
11/18/09 Woman wearing tallit arrested at Western Wall Jewish Renewal, Justice and Gender, Rosh Chodesh
11/17/09 Hanukkah for Humanity: 1 Day's Oil for 8 Days' Need Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Hanukkah
10/30/09 Greening the Sukkah Earth, Sukkot
10/30/09 Climate Policy: 7 Principles & a Yardstick rooted in Biblical & Jewish Wisdom Noah, Climate policy, Global Scorching, Hanukkah
10/23/09 The Birthday of Creation & Its Seventh Day: Rosh Hashanah & Shabbat Freeing Our Time, Rosh HaShanah, Earth
10/13/09 Life in Rehab: What Dies & What's Reborn Vezot Haberakha, Eldering, Sh'mini Atzeret, Simchat Torah
10/13/09 Reconnecting To The Land And Its Produce: A Confirmation Curriculum for Shavuot Adolescence, Shavuot, Earth
10/13/09 Tikkun Leil Shavu’ot from the Point of View of the Earth Yitro, Global Scorching, Shavuot
10/09/09 Spread Over All of Us the Sukkah of Shalom Earth, Sukkot
09/22/09 Thinking about the Goldstone Report: Our Misdeeds and Theirs Yom Kippur, War, Peace, & the Jewish Community
09/15/09 Free Time for Reflection Globalization and Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Rosh HaShanah, Eldering, Earth
09/15/09 The Crash 4: Thoughts, Rosh Hashanah 5770 Globalization and Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Rosh HaShanah, Eldering, Earth
09/08/09 Preserving the Eyes of the Universe B'reshit, Rosh HaShanah
08/16/09 The Original Freedom Seder: Response to Commentary's Attack Pesach, Jewish Renewal, Justice and Race, Spirituality of Justice
07/28/09 Burning Temple & Birthing Messiah Tisha B'Av, Earth
07/28/09 Tu B'Av from an Eco-Judaic Viewpoint Earth, Tu B'Av
07/01/09 Limiting the Power of Kings Shofetim, Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Seasons of American Sacred Time, War and Civil Liberties
06/21/09 Passover of Peace: A New Seder of the Children of Abraham, Hagar, & Sarah Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Pesach, Israeli-Palestinian Collision
04/28/09 Torturing the Image of God B'reshit, Yom Kippur, Torture, World Empire, War and Civil Liberties
03/24/09 Shabbat HaGadol before Pesach: A Sun of Justice with Healing in its Wings Tzav, Pesach, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Interreligious Relations
03/24/09 Freedom Seder, 1969 Pesach, Civil Liberties & Human Rights
03/23/09 Watch YouTube Film of Original Freedom Seder, 1969! Pesach, Interreligious Relations, Earth, Justice and Race, Seasons of American Sacred Time, Spirituality of Justice, War, Peace, & the Jewish Community, World Empire, Peace
03/22/09 Charoset and the Liberation of the World Pesach, Sexuality & Spirituality, Earth
03/17/09 Blessing of the Sun: The Talmud, 1981, 2009, & the Future Global Scorching, Blessing of the Sun, Earth
03/10/09 Shalom Center Presenets: Green Menorah Award to Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston Global Scorching, Tu B'Shvat
02/22/09 Activism Takes Tu B'Shevat to New Levels Earth, Tu B'Shvat
01/25/09 Who Hardened Pharaoh's Heart -- and Does it Still? Va'era, Pesach, Earth
11/26/08 MLK Day Litany of Ashes, Stones, & Flowers: Militarism, Racism, & Materialism Global Scorching, Globalization and Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Fasting for Peace and Justice, Earth, Justice and Race, Seasons of American Sacred Time, Spirituality of Justice, Terrorism, Torture, World Empire, Justice, Peace
11/26/08 Order of Service & Teach-in, MLK Day, Jan 19, 2008 Global Scorching, Justice and Gender, Earth, Justice and Race, Seasons of American Sacred Time, Spirituality of Justice, War, Peace, & the Jewish Community, World Empire, Peace
10/14/08 Sukkot: The Season of Our Joy, the Festival of Earth & Rain Global Scorching, Sukkot
10/08/08 Liberating Passover & the Earth: Making change happen with the Interfaith Seder for the Earth Tzav, Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Global Scorching, Globalization and Economic Justice, Pesach, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Environmental Justice, Interreligious Relations, Justice and Race, Spirituality of Justice
09/18/08 Clouds, Yom Kippur, & Climate Crisis in the Balance Global Scorching, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Yom Kippur
09/11/08 “Hayom Harat Olam” – Pregnant with Eternity Rosh HaShanah, Earth
08/07/08 To Prey or to Pray? The Lessons of Famine on Tisha B’Av Tisha B'Av, Earth
08/03/08 Conjoining MLK & Inauguration Day: Relearning Heschel, Rebirthing King, Re-Inaugurating America, Jan. 14, 19, 20, 2009 Environmental Justice, Interreligious Relations, Justice and Race, Seasons of American Sacred Time, World Empire
08/01/08 Burning & Yearning: Hiroshima and the Ancient Holy Temples Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Global Scorching, Tisha B'Av, World Empire
07/08/08 "Certain Unalienable Rights": the Torah of July 4 Fourth of July
06/27/08 Communal Sukkot Celebration: Reconnecting with the Earth Earth, Sukkot
06/27/08 Shavuot: Reconnecting to the Land and It's Produce: A Confirmation Curriculum Shavuot, Earth
06/27/08 Emma Goldman: A New Declaration of Independence (1909) Fourth of July
06/27/08 Frederick Douglass: "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Fourth of July
06/27/08 Limiting the powers of a king: The Bible Fourth of July
06/27/08 Women's Declaration at Seneca Falls, July 4, 1848 Fourth of July
06/25/08 Blessing of the Sun: Looking Forward: April 8, 2009 Global Scorching, Blessing of the Sun, Earth
05/06/08 Whom do we mourn? -- Israelis, Palestinians, Iraqis, Americans? Yom Hazikaron
05/01/08 Yom Hashoah: Mourners' Kaddish in Time of War and Peace Darfur, Interreligious Relations, Death and Mourning, Yom Hashoah, War, Peace, & the Jewish Community, Prayer
04/26/08 Abrahamic Freedom Seder Pesach, Abrahamic Celebrations, Interreligious Relations
04/10/08 Passover of the Nations: Haggadot to Heal the World Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Globalization and Economic Justice, Pesach, Earth
04/08/08 Dancing Freedom in the Passover Seder Pesach
04/02/08 Forty Years Later: MLK, Death & Resurrection Pesach, Interreligious Relations, Spirituality of Justice
03/24/08 Purim, Good Friday and 40 Years Abirthing: From Disaster to Delight Interreligious Relations, Jewish Renewal, Purim
03/13/08 Raffling the Shalom Quilt: In Peace and Beauty I Will Sleep Abrahamic Celebrations, Interreligious Relations, Peace
03/11/08 Passover: Street Seders for the Global Climate Crisis Pesach, Earth
03/10/08 Passover, Earth Day, & the Global Climate Crisis: Seder Supplement Pesach, Earth
02/23/08 Passover: The Earth Rises Up Against Pharaoh Pesach, Earth
01/24/08 Jews Challenge Environmental "Protection" Agency With Trees for Life Global Scorching, Tu B'Shvat
01/11/08 Rebirthing Trees, Healing Earth: Shalom Ctr presents 3d annual Green Menorah Award to JRC in Evanston, IL Earth, Tu B'Shvat
01/03/08 Martin Luther King, Trees, & the EPA Earth, Tu B'Shvat
12/28/07 Tu B’Shvat, the Climate Crisis and the Tree of Light; A Green Menorah Supplement for Your Tu B’Shvat Seder Earth, Tu B'Shvat
12/13/07 Hajj, Saudi Arabia, Rape, & Prayer: A Muslim Feminist Outcry Abrahamic Celebrations, Interreligious Relations, Justice and Gender
12/13/07 Hajj & Eid al-Idha: Pilgrimage & Festival Abrahamic Celebrations, Interreligious Relations, Fasting for Peace and Justice
12/07/07 Shalom Ctr as Amicus in Torture case Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Yom Kippur, Torture, War and Civil Liberties
12/06/07 Iran: Purim & VASHTI come in Winter-time! War with Iran?, Purim
12/03/07 Sharing God's Fruitfulness Tu B'Shvat
11/30/07 The Prophetic Green Menorah Teruma, Global Scorching, Va'yyak'heyl, Earth, Hanukkah
11/16/07 The Eight Days of Hanukkah: Eight Actions to Heal the Earth through the Green Menorah Covenant Earth, Hanukkah
11/07/07 Hanukkah, Oil, & the Green Menorah: Talking Points for Sermons and Op-Ed Pieces Beha'alotekha, Global Scorching, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Hanukkah
08/14/07 Communal Fast in a Time of Calamity: A Multireligious Call Abrahamic Celebrations, Iraq-US War, Interreligious Relations, Fasting for Peace and Justice
07/30/07 Blessing the Sun, April 8, 2009 Global Scorching, Blessing of the Sun, Earth
06/11/07 Fasting on Oct. 8 to challenge the culture of Violence Abrahamic Celebrations, Interreligious Relations, Fasting for Peace and Justice, Seasons of American Sacred Time, Spirituality of Justice, Terrorism, Torture
06/09/07 Interfaith Fast to Make Peace in Iraq Iraq-US War, Interreligious Relations, Fasting for Peace and Justice, Seasons of American Sacred Time
05/27/07 Memorial Day: So That These Dead Shall Not Have Died In Vain Iraq-US War, Seasons of American Sacred Time
05/22/07 The Song of Songs as a Sacred Recipe: Love, Charoset and the Liberation of the World Pesach, Covenanting: Marriage and Commitment, Food
05/01/07 Seasons of Reinterpretation -- Transforming Passover. By J.J. Goldberg Pesach, Jewish Renewal
04/14/07 From Passover into the Next Step: Pharaoh or Freedom in America? Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Pesach, Iraq-US War
03/26/07 The Seven Who Danced in Paradise* Pesach, Sexuality & Spirituality, Earth
03/01/07 Sacred Food, Sacred Festivals: The Jewish Year as a Celebration of Nourishment Festival Cycle, Environmental Justice, Food
02/15/07 Why Do We Need a Tent of Abraham? Abrahamic Celebrations, Terrorism, US - Afghan/Pakistan War, World Empire
12/19/06 Through darkness into light: the Joy of Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Eid Global Scorching, Festivals, Life-cycle, & Climate crisis, Hanukkah
10/08/06 Do Not Stir up Love until It Please: the Song of Songs Pesach, Sexuality & Spirituality
06/11/06 Draft Strategy & Organizing Report on "Beyond Oil" campaign Global Scorching, Earth, Hanukkah
06/04/06 New Book: "The Tent of Abraham: Stories of Hope & Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims" Abrahamic Celebrations, Israeli-Palestinian Collision, Interreligious Relations, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, The Book of Genesis, War, Peace, & the Jewish Community
06/03/06 The Wordless Torah of the Wordless Mountains Yitro, Shavuot, Earth
06/03/06 "The Tent of Abraham" by Waskow, Chittister, & Chisti: Book Review by Claire Gorfinkel Abrahamic Celebrations, Israeli-Palestinian Collision, Interreligious Relations, Nonviolence & Violence in Judaism, The Book of Genesis
05/11/06 The Peace of Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah: Sharing Sacred Seasons, Fall 2007 Abrahamic Celebrations, Interreligious Relations, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot
04/12/06 Passover in the Streets of America -- in Spanish! Pesach, Justice & immigration
03/28/06 Passover 2006: Every generation, Pharaoh; Every generation, Freedom Pesach
12/06/05 Oil & Hanukkah: Oil for Power & Profit, or Prophetic Oil? Earth, Hanukkah
06/29/05 The Path Is Always Present: Tshuvah, Habit and the Idea of Direction Yom Kippur
06/29/05 I Shall Be a Tree Tu B'Shvat
06/29/05 T'shuvah as Error Recognition and Repair in the Basic Design of Living Systems Yom Kippur
06/24/05 Original 1969 Freedom Seder Pesach, Prayer
06/09/05 What if the Bible's Ruth came to America today? Globalization and Economic Justice, Sexuality & Spirituality, Shavuot
04/28/05 When God Blows Away an Army Beshallach, Pesach, Nonviolence & Violence in Judaism
03/03/05 Worlds of Torah: Unmasking Purim Purim
02/16/05 Freedom Songs From African-American and Jewish Communities Pesach, Justice and Race
02/09/05 Is Palm Sunday for Christians Only? And April 4? ---- Interreligious Relations, Seasons of American Sacred Time
02/08/05 The Islamic Hijri Calendar Abrahamic Celebrations, Interreligious Relations
02/03/05 The Fast that Recalls a Disastrous War Tenth of Tevet fast day
01/21/05 What is the Deepest Sacrifice? --Muslims Observe Eid al-Adha Abrahamic Celebrations, Interreligious Relations
01/19/05 Rebirthing the Tree/s of Life: Four Teachings for the Four Worlds of Tu B'Shvat Tu B'Shvat
01/14/05 Ad in New York Times! Tent of Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah Abrahamic Celebrations, Iraq-US War, Israeli-Palestinian Collision
12/22/04 The Politics of the Christmas Story Seasons of American Sacred Time, World Empire
11/24/04 Hanukkah for grown-Ups -- and for everyone Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Earth, Hanukkah
11/24/04 Thanksgiving, Arlo Guthrie, "Alice," & my first Yarmulke Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Seasons of American Sacred Time, World Empire
11/24/04 Eight candles, Eight healings Hanukkah
10/22/04 Shining Bright Light in Dark Times:The Menorah Awards Hanukkah 2004/5765 Hanukkah
10/06/04 Hoshanot [Poetic Prayers] for a Planet in Danger Sukkot
08/23/04 The Haftarah for the Fast of Yom Kippur Yom Kippur, Spirituality of Justice
08/23/04 Seed of Moonlight Growing, Seed of Justice Sprouting Rosh Chodesh, Spirituality of Justice
07/28/04 Declaring Interdependence:Renewing the 4th of July Community, Fourth of July, Earth, Seasons of American Sacred Time, Justice, Peace
04/14/04 Charoset: Its Meaning Pesach
03/16/04 4/4/2004 Philly Freedom Seder Flyer Pesach
02/06/04 Renewing Trees, Crossing Seas Tu B'Shvat
12/30/03 Next Passover: Facing Pharaoh, Winning Freedom -- in Our Own Generation Community, Pesach, Earth, Justice, Peace
09/16/03 Song of Isaac and Ishmael Rosh HaShanah
09/14/03 Behind Enemy Lines: The Song of Sisera's Mother Rosh HaShanah
09/12/03 Why Hagar Left: The Thread of Women's Torah Rosh HaShanah
09/09/03 What are we supposed to hear when we listen to the shofar? Rosh HaShanah
09/07/03 Adding to the Tales of Rosh Hashanah a Reading for Yom Kippur Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Yom Kippur
09/02/03 The Leopard in Isaiah Yom Kippur
09/02/03 The Spiral Dance of God Rosh HaShanah
09/02/03 Carrying Light into Dark Times: Rosh HaShanah
09/02/03 Redeeming Tashlikh, the Earth, & Our Misdeeds Rosh HaShanah
09/02/03 Breathing the Festivals Rosh HaShanah
09/02/03 Transformation and Reconciliation Rosh HaShanah
09/02/03 A new kind of Jewish martyr, dying for Kiddush Hashem Yom Kippur
09/02/03 Reconciling Isaac & Ishmael Rosh HaShanah
09/02/03 Jonah, God, & the Castor Bean Tree Yom Kippur
09/02/03 New Year, New Name? Rosh HaShanah
09/02/03 Hu Yaanenu /Hi Taanenu Rosh HaShanah
09/02/03 For Our Sins -- a Gentle Heart Yom Kippur
06/03/03 Ten Commandments in Our Generation: Shavuot
06/01/03 Standing at Sinai: One "I" Shavuot
05/30/03 An Ecological Aspect of Shavuot Shavuot
04/08/03 Eight Flourishes for Passover Pesach
04/03/03 Passover and America Today Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Pesach
04/03/03 Sandstorms and the Cloud of Mystery Beshallach, Pesach, Iraq-US War
10/08/01 Tashlikh in a Universal Key: Casting Stones and Ashes: In Memory of the Dead of 9/11/01 And All Victims of War and Terrorism Eleven Days in September (2002), Rosh HaShanah
09/08/01 Dancing with the Torah: Simchat Torah Simchat Torah
09/08/01 Shattering the Walls between Us: Three Weeks of Possibility & Danger 17 Tammuz
09/08/01 "Bo": Facing the Plagues & Pharaohs of Today Bo, Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Pesach, Nonviolence & Violence in Judaism
09/08/01 In Every Generation - The Pesach Seder of Globalization, the Rich & the Poor Pesach
09/08/01 Tisha B'Av: The Day of Universal Exile Tisha B'Av
09/08/01 MLK and the Passover Vision: Facing Pharaoh Today, Seeking the Promised Land Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Pesach, Iraq-US War, Interreligious Relations, World Empire
09/08/01 Palm Sunday/Passover liturgy Pesach, Philadelphia Area Interfaith Peace Network, Abrahamic Celebrations, Interreligious Relations
09/08/01 Dry Bones/Ezekiel 37 - Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach Pesach, Yom Hashoah
09/08/01 Why Hagar Left: Womantorah across the Generations Va'yeira, Rosh HaShanah
09/08/01 Is charoset sweet? Pesach
09/08/01 Moses as Labor Organizer: A Passage for Pesach Pesach
09/08/01 New Rituals for Pesach Pesach
09/08/01 Racial Justice, Handcuffs, & Passover Pesach
09/08/01 Three Knots in the Binding of Isaac Va'yeira, Rosh HaShanah
09/08/01 Redwoods, Tobacco, & Torah Environmental Justice, Jewish Renewal, Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 The Tale of Isaac's Binding as a Warning -- to Us Va'yeira, Chayye Sara, Rosh HaShanah
09/08/01 The Meaning of the Hanukkah Oil Hanukkah
09/08/01 MLKing & Eid Al-Adha: Ten Anti-War Days in January Philadelphia Area Interfaith Peace Network, Iraq-US War, Seasons of American Sacred Time, World Empire
09/08/01 Transforming Our Festivals, Our Lives Emor, Pesach
09/08/01 Mouth to Mouth with God Yom Kippur
09/08/01 Ramadan, High Holidays, Assisi -- Oct 3-4, 2005 Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Abrahamic Celebrations, Iraq-US War, Interreligious Relations, Fasting for Peace and Justice, Terrorism, US - Afghan/Pakistan War
09/08/01 Counter-Inaugural Philadelphia Interfaith events Philadelphia Area Interfaith Peace Network, Seasons of American Sacred Time
09/08/01 Shabbos Earth Day & Pesach 2000 Pesach
09/08/01 Tu B'Shvat and Vegetarianism Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 A Tu B'Shvat Prayer for Creation Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 A Heimish Tu B'Shvat Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 The Cosmic Origins of Tu B'Av Tu B'Av
09/08/01 The Burning Issues: Tisha B'Av Tisha B'Av
09/08/01 Smoke and Ashes Tisha B'Av
09/08/01 Shattering the Temple of Liberty Tisha B'Av
09/08/01 Shabbat Nachamu & Scorpions on parade Tisha B'Av
09/08/01 Jewish Leaders Invoke Tisha B'Av in Philadelphia, Respond to Arrests Tisha B'Av
09/08/01 Dancing with the Torah Simchat Torah
09/08/01 Action for Tu B'Shvat: Suggestions from COEJL Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 Among Trees Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 Tu B'Shvat and Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Reflections on the environment and justice Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 The Trees are Davening: A Tu B'Shevat Haggadah Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 The Tree of Life and the Beloved Community Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 The Miracle of Darkness Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 Seeing Deeper into the Tree Reborn Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 Major Resources for Tu B'Shvat Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 Returning Asiyah (Physicality) to Tu B'Shvat Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 One Tree, Two Peoples, One Land: Tu B'Shvat Resources from Rabbis for Human Rights Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 Al Cheyt: for the misdeeds we have done before You Yom Kippur
09/08/01 If Ruth Came to America Today Shavuot
09/08/01 Ezekiel's Chariot Shavuot
09/08/01 Renewal of Purim/Fast of Esther Purim
09/08/01 Vashti as Feminist Hero Purim
09/08/01 Who Knows One? Pesach
09/08/01 The Dark Rays of the Moon: Yom Kippur Katan as Preparation for Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh
09/08/01 Ellul - Psalm 27 Rosh HaShanah
09/08/01 What is Matzah/ What is Chametz? Pesach
09/08/01 Facing the Music: A High Holyday Meditation Rosh HaShanah
09/08/01 Nistar/Megillat Esther Purim
09/08/01 Isaac/Ishmael and the High Holy Days Rosh HaShanah
09/08/01 Jeremiah 31: Haftarah for Rosh Hashana Rosh HaShanah
09/08/01 The Afikoman and 3 Matzot Pesach
09/08/01 The Torah of Silence Rosh HaShanah
09/08/01 The Biblical 4th of July: Perek HaMelekh (Passage on the King) Seasons of American Sacred Time
09/08/01 The Rainbow Seder Pesach
09/08/01 Slavery and the Plagues Pesach
09/08/01 Wheat, Eden, Pesach, & the Song of Songs Pesach
09/08/01 Three Weeks Before Tisha B'Av: Breaking Down the Walls Tisha B'Av
09/08/01 Seed for Winter - Sh'mini Atzeret Sh'mini Atzeret
09/08/01 Mother Earth on a Bad Day Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 The Passover of Peace: A Seder for the Children of Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Pesach, Israeli-Palestinian Collision
09/08/01 Hanukkah: Oil for Light or Oil for Profit? Hanukkah
09/08/01 Lamentations for the New Millennium Tisha B'Av
09/08/01 Thinking Hanukkah: Light in a Time of Darkness, Hope in a Time of Despair Hanukkah
09/08/01 Thinking Tu B'Shvat: The Tree of Life & the Beloved Community Tu B'Shvat
09/08/01 Tikkun Olam Midrash on the Haggadah Pesach
09/08/01 New Freedom Seder: Against the Pharaohs of Our Generation Pesach, Philadelphia Area Interfaith Peace Network, Abrahamic Celebrations
09/08/01 Between the Fires: A Litany of Grief & Hope Lekh-lekha, Devoting Jewish Holidays to Peace, Tisha B'Av, Terrorism, World Empire
09/08/01 Martin Luther King: "Beyond Vietnam," April 4, 1967 Globalization and Economic Justice, Interreligious Relations, Justice and Race, Seasons of American Sacred Time, Spirituality of Justice, World Empire, Peace
09/08/01 If We Stood at Sinai Together / Yitro Yitro, Shavuot
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