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Jewish Exclusivity: Were Zrubavel, Ezra, Nehemiah and Raban Gamliel wise to keep the Jews separate in our religious practice with Rabbi Asher LopatinOleh Uri L'Tzedek

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Can Factory Farmed Dairy Actually Be Kosher? With Rabbi AryehOleh Uri L'Tzedek

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A Night of Learning And Celebration- Honoring the 2022 J.J. Greenberg Young Leadership Award RecipientsOleh Uri L'Tzedek

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With Rabbi Shmuly, Sam Heath, Cece Jones Davis, Stacy Rector and Cantor Michael ZoosmanOleh Uri L'Tzedek

And if not now, then when? Everyday Life Social Justice Social Justice may sometimes feels like remote from our daily lives, as it belonged to heroes or to exceptional circumstances. Yet in Jewish culture it is built in the fabric of everyday. By being commanded to care for the orphan, the widow, the stranger and even our enemy, not only are we inv…

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Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, Jonah Goldman, Emma Goldblatt & Eddie Chavez Calderon discuss Caring For Workers Animals & Our Environment: A Torah Revolution Watch the video recording of this class on Uri L’Tzedek’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UC_htFNr9duz-KJiXdtW8pIw - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - STAY CONNECTED: Website: utz…

Rabbi Marianne Novak at Uri L’Tzedek on “Parasha Ki Tavo: Deja Vu or a template for preparing for Teshuva for the High Holidays?" EVENT DESCRIPTION Parasha Ki Tavo contains a myriad of severe curses that God promises will occur to the Jewish people if they don’t obey the commandments. We have actually seen most of these curses before in Parasha Bec…

Rabbi Aharon Ariel Lavi at Uri L'Tzedek on Shmita: Then and Now Seven, the new book by Aharon Ariel Lavi, is one of the first attempts of its kind to interpret the ancient idea of Shmita (the Biblical Sabbatical year) in relation to contemporary economic and social issues: sustainability, community, the job market, the debt crisis, economic cycles,…

Chief Rabbi Jair Melchior at Uri L’Tzedek on “Is Pluralism a Punishment?" EVENT DESCRIPTION An in-depth reading of the story of the Tower of Babel. Watch the video recording of this class on Uri L’Tzedek’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UC_htFNr9duz-KJiXdtW8pIw - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - STAY CONNECTED: Website: utzedek…

Noam Zion at Uri L'Tzedek on Maimonide’s Tzedakah vs Paul’s Charity - Two Narratives of Giving, Two Religious Worldviews. Both Paul and Maimonides not only preached about charity and tzedakah, but they also engaged in public fundraising for the needy. However, Paul’s and Maimonides’ ideals of religious giving and its motivation are very different. …

Rabbanit Bracha Jaffę at Uri L'Tzedek on "The Three Weeks: Old Mourning vs. New Mourning" Come and learn about how our sages structured our most intense period of communal mourning as an exact inverse of our private mourning practices. This class spends some moments reflecting on what we might be mourning in today's world: loss of peace, loss of fr…

Rabbi Haim Ovadia at Uri L’Tzedek on “The Book of Job as the Guide for Jewish Ethics" EVENT DESCRIPTION The Book of Job is traditionally perceived as a treatise about good and evil and about the age-old problem of Divine Justice, or theodicy. This class suggests that the Book of Job presents a new stage in the development of Jewish ethics, and that…

Rabbi Barry Dolinger at Uri L'Tzedek on Get Abuse: The Problem and the Solutions Using real case details, this class will features an overview of the many systems, some hidden and some transparent, that Support & Incentivize gett abuse and agunot in the United States. The class also examines emergent solutions and policy strategies to solve the cri…

A conversation between Ruth Messinger and Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek) as part of ULT’s Torah in Action Interview Series. Watch the video version of this interview on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/jK7IcZfiT00 Stay conntected Uri L’Tzedek’s Orthodox Social Justice work: • Website: www.utzedek.org • Newsle…

Dr. Rav Alexandra (Eliora) Peretz at Uri L'Tzedek: "Introduction to Transitional Justice: From Theory to Practice" This class presents the main system used in academia when dealing with transitional justice. The overarching purpose of transitional justice is to investigate past human rights violations such as ethnic cleansing, genocides, crimes aga…

Dr. Marc Dollinger at Uri L’Tzedek on 1619, 1654, 2022: Jews, Race, & U.S. History EVENT DESCRIPTION With our national reckoning on race, so many American Jews are reflecting on systemic racism and ways we may be able to help. This is a candid, and probably difficult, journey through American Jewish history as we explore historical documents about …

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Idit Klein of Keshet is interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz (Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek) as part of ULT’s Torah in Action Interview Series. Watch the video version of this interview on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW7QfJo8KQLLbNthCdXh7ojRxFaULlSBZ Stay conntected Uri L’Tzedek’s Orthodox Social Justice work: • …

For many, transgender identity is a relatively new concept that is absent from the Torah and ancient Jewish texts, and for which Jewish tradition offers no guidance or perspective. However, if Gd’s word is Eternal and True, the text must be “turned and turned again” until a new perspective can reveal a distinctly Jewish tak…

Matt Nosanchuk, of New York Jewish Agenda is interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek (ULT) as part of ULT’s Torah in Action Interview Series. Learn more about Uri L’Tzedek’s Orthodox Social Justice work: utzedek.orgMore Torah in Action Interviews: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_htFNr9duz-KJiXdtW8…

Rabbi Jessy Dressin of Repair the World, is interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek (ULT) as part of ULT’s Torah in Action Interview Series. Learn more about Uri L’Tzedek’s Orthodox Social Justice work: utzedek.orgMore Torah in Action Interviews: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_htFNr9duz-KJiXdtW8p…

Rabbi Micha Odenheimer, founder Tevel b'Tzedek: The Earth in Justice is interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek, as part of our Torah in Action Interview Series. STAY CONNECTED: Website: utzedek.org Newsletter: utzedek.org/subscribe Facebook: facebook.com/uriltzedek YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC_htFNr9duz-K…

Rabbi Steve Greenberg, Founding Director of Eshel is interviewed by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Founder & President of Uri L’Tzedek (ULT) as part of ULT’s Torah in Action Interview Series. Learn more about Uri L’Tzedek’s Orthodox Social Justice work: utzedek.orgLearn more about Eshel: https://www.eshelonline.org/More Torah in Action Interviews: Yo…

Explore and experience different Jewish practices and intentions that can make us more rugged and sensitive world changers!Oleh Uri L'Tzedek

Interview: Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block, Bend the ArcOleh Uri L'Tzedek

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz interviews Ilana Kaufman, Executive Director of Jews of Color Initiative.Oleh Uri L'Tzedek

Inspired by the idea of relinquishing land ownership for the Sabbatical year, we will explore the possibilities that arise when we free ourselves from old constraints and are ready to improvise, embrace new models, and share resources with others.Oleh Uri L'Tzedek

In four verses, the Bible cites God as requiring the Israelites to be especially considerate of persons who are in the status of 'Ger', because the Israelites themselves had been in such a status when they were in Egypt (Exodus 22:20; Exodus 23:9; Leviticus 19:34 and Deuteronomy 10:19). But who is the Ger to whom this mitzvah applies? The answer to…

This LIVE Shiur looks at the tensions between the management of a municipal corporation and the individual needs of its weaker members. We will explore how the rabbis negotiate this tension through rabbinic discussions in Bava Batra 7b-8b. This discussion is part of the Mishnah chapter about the kind of boundaries that make good neighbors and partn…

Learn about our Jewish responsibility to feed the hungryA new Uri L'Tzedek interview with Abby Leibman, President & CEO of MAZON: A Jewish Response to HungerOleh Uri L'Tzedek

Our Torah-rooted Social Justice Movement with Rabbi Yitz GreenbergJoin Uri L'Tzedek for a Conversation with Rabbi Yitz Greenberg & Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz!Oleh Uri L'Tzedek

How important is it to compromise the letter of the law for the sake of peace among people? Whom do the Rabbis consider to be part of an average Jew’s concentric community? How are people with disabilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, or those who are not Jewish viewed? Which areas in life do the Rabbis feel cause the most fighting a…

AJWS President & CEO Robert Bank interviewed by Uri L'Tzedek's Rabbi Dr. Shmuly YanklowitzOleh Uri L'Tzedek

Cheryl Cook, CEO of Avodah in conversation with Uri L'Tzedek's President Rabbi Dr. Shmuly YanklowitzOleh Uri L'Tzedek

Manny Waks, a survivor of child sexual abuse and CEO of VoiCSA, an Israel-based organisation that combats child sexual abuse in the global Jewish community, will share his personal story as a tool to educate the community on child protection and discuss his work as an international victims' advocate over the past decade.…

From Damascus to Jerusalem, Sephardic Rabbinic leaders have always made halakhic social justice one of their highest communal priorities. This session will explore a sampling of Sephardic halakhic texts where Sephardic Chief RabbisOleh Uri L'Tzedek

HIAS' CEO Mark Hetfield in conversation with Uri L'Tzedek's Rabbi Dr. Shmuly YanklowitzOleh Uri L'Tzedek

Jewish World Watch Executive Director Serena Oberstein speaking with Rabbi Dr. Shmuly YanklowitzOleh Uri L'Tzedek