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We extend our gratitude to all those who attended our Tikkun Olam Immigrant Justice Shabbat service and/or the Interfaith Havdalah Gathering for Immigrant Justice.

As we continue to watch in horror at the cruel and unjustified violence being perpetrated by the Department of Homeland Security in Minneapolis, and other places, I am heartened by the growing chorus of voices from across our country strongly condemning the actions of ICE. I am very pleased that leaders of the Conservative movement were part of a Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement that was issued last week. 

This Saturday night and Sunday mark Tisha B’Av (the 9th day of the month of Av). Tisha B’Av commemorates not only the destruction of both the first and second Temples, but also many other tragedies in our people’s history. The power of Tisha B’Av is that it encourages us to make communal space to feel our grief. The customary mourning rituals that include fasting and reciting kinot/lamentations are there to support the experience of opening our hearts to actually feel the eno

I grew up as a boy, but as you can see, I am a woman. I’m a lot older than the others who will be speaking today. I lived in a time when it was extremely difficult to come out as trans. All of the images I saw of people like me were either hated or laughed at. I did not want to be hated, and I did not want to be laughed at.