Rabbi Mordechai Liebling is director of the Social Justice Organizing Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and a founding member of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Justice
Mordechai Liebling
By Mordechai Liebling
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Community Fighting What The Nazis Fear
“Prophetic resistance is only possible for those who still dream. You must be able to dream to see justice in the midst of it all.” — Rev. Dr. Traci Blackmon at interfaith rally in Charlottesville, VA August 11, 2017 On one side of us hundreds of white supremacists were shouting “You will not replace us”…
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Opinion Beyond Excess: Finding Better Rewards for Our Leaders
‘Excessive! Outrageous! Obscene! Immoral!” and “Many of them deserve it. That is the only way to attract talent.” That was the range of comments I heard in response to the Forward’s recent survey of Jewish communal leaders’ salaries. These responses highlight that we, as a community, need to have a frank discussion about how we…
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