This blog is intended to feature community members and leaders doing great work related to the concepts from Changing the World from the Inside Out. If you missed our first spotlights, on Rachie Lewis, Liz Aeschlimann and Sophie Schoenberg, check them out (Rachie, Sophie). This entry features Yani Burgos. Yani works at Episcopal City Mission, […]
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Purim and International Women’s Day
I want to draw your attention to several events we are highlighting this month regarding women’s leadership and liberation. The Jewish Women’s Archive is hosting a zoom eventon rethinking Jewish women’s history in America and the University of Michigan is holding a forum on Jewish women’s activism in the United States. Despite the major gains of the women’s […]
A Spiritual Practice for Black History Month
Today is the beginning of Black History Month in the United States. I know for me, in the past this has meant reading more about the experience of Black American’s, especially important historical figures like Jackie Robinson, who’s 100 birthday just passed. I was moved by an experience this past week to make this exploration more personal. […]
Increasing Light in Shvat
Today is Rosh Chodesh Shvat, 15 days until the new year of the trees. One of the things I love about this time in the Jewish calendar is that it really is a spiritual turning point in the year. According to Shammai, Rosh Chodesh Shvat is the new year of the trees, the time that sap […]
Renewal of Spirit and Renewal of Body in 2019
Happy 2019! I like to think of the secular new year as a time to renew our commitment to our bodies and to physical health. Yes, I did actually join a gym last week. What do weight machines and an elliptical have to with the inner life and social change? Its pretty simple – a cared-for […]
