Emerge from the grief of Tisha Be'Av, and start the powerful journey of comfort and rebuilding! #ShabbatShalom #ShabbatNachamu

A morning reflection for Tisha Be'Av, and some chanting

Preparing for a day of meaning and mourning, knowing that even if we're ritually alone, we are alone together. #TishaBeav #9Av #AloneTogether

The Color of Law & The Segregation Myth Resources

Richard Rothstein resources

• VIDEO The Segregation Myth: Richard Rothstein Debunks an American Lie | (NowThis) - youtube.com/watch?v=2roWLzrqOjQ

• VIDEO Richard Rothstein on Legal Segregation in America (Economic Policy Institute) -  youtube.com/watch?v=8IevTFx_WMQ

• INTERVIEW 'The Color Of Law' Details How U.S. Housing Policies Created Segregation - an interview with Richard Rothstein (NPR)

• ARTICLE: "Un-forgetting the segregationist history of Palo Alto (and Daly City, and San Francisco, and…)" (June 25, 2020 via TheSixFifty)

Related:

• Housing segregation left Black Americans more vulnerable to Covid-19 (July 10, 2020 from Vox.com)
• Your ZIP Code and Your Life Expectancy (from nytimes.com on May 20, 2020)

Two days before Tisha Be'Av. We re-enter the pain of the past so that we might remove all obstacles to Love.

Reflecting on being alone together, on how comfort from within can be more than you think. Comfort, comfort, everyone. And love. Lots of love.

John Lewis Page

• John Lewis' graphic novel "March", sharing a vivid first-hand of his lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation.

• John Lewis' March on Washington Speech Inspired a Generation. Here's How He Recalled Its Impact. (from TIME.com)

• Two Versions of John Lewis’ Speech (from billmoyers.com)

• 6 John Lewis speeches key to understanding his work and legacy (from vox.com)

• John Lewis' NYTimes obituary (from nytimes.com)

Awash in memories of Ramah Day Camp In Nyack where I was blessed to spend 13 sacred, formative summers, where I fully experienced Tisha Be'Av for the first time, where I sat with my beloved teacher Rabbi Stanley Bramnick z"l, where, through the gift of the music I learned from him I once again am sitting with him, crying about the broken-ness of the world and dreaming of its rebirth. Shabbat Shalom, friends. May our tears be limited. May our singing never end. #ShabbatChazon #ShabbatShalom

Exploring Moses' shock at and God's acceptance of the desire of the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and Menasheh to not complete the journey, to live differently while supporting the national mission. Praying for a nation that affirms difference. Praying for Portland. #TorahInTheMorning

What do you wish for others? What life lessons are yours to share with the next generation? A reflection on Moses' final blessings. #MenachemAv #TorahInTheMorning

An invitation to share Moses' reflective way of reviewing a life's journey. #LifeReview #TorahInTheMorning

As Moses asked, as John Lewis asked: Do you take responsibility with your actions for the world you wish for your children? #MorningTorah

As we complete the book of BeMidbar/Numbers this Shabbat, let us recognize that we've made it to the edge of the Promised Land, that we shall overcome, that we can accomplish so much when we come together! #ShabbatShalom

A teaching on the power of miraculous journeys....

Imagine a world where people are granted space and time to learn from their mistakes... #TorahInTheMorning

Learning from a difficult part of this week's parsha to stand up against hateful language! #HaveTorah #WillBroadcast

Proud to partner with the U.S. Census Bureau and encourage us all to stand and be counted! #Census2020

​Announcing the publication of: A Journey of the Heart and Soul -- poetry & illustrations by Ariel Creditor

​Announcing the publication of: 

A Journey of the Heart and Soul

poetry & illustrations by Ariel Creditor

available at amazon.com/Journey-Heart-Soul-Reflections-veNefesh/dp/B08CMGM6Y7/

Ariel Creditor has published - AND ILLUSTRATED! - her first book, a reflective poetry book of the experience she shared on her senior trip to Poland and Israel with The Leffell School! She writes with clear, open, raw eyes of traveling as a Jewish teenager through Nazi camps in Poland and then landing in Israel, with hand-drawn art depicting what prompted each poem. All proceeds from the sale of the book support the Student Scholarship Fund at The Leffell School! Purchase your copy here!

Boker Tov all! Good Morning! Happy to share a little Torah to start the day off right!

Who am I? Mi Anochi? A New Song by Ariel Creditor and Rabbi Menachem Creditor

You're Welcome. (Hamilton Act 1 but it's Muppets)

To be blessed by Ruach, by God's Gentle Spirit.... An Erev Shabbat teaching, from my heart to yours. Shabbat Shalom!

Today is the 17th of Tammuz, a day of reflection and responsibility, and for some, of fasting. (It's also my second anniversary as Scholar-in-Residence for UJA-Federation of New York!) May this day find you strong, hopeful, and determined to tip this world toward peace!

You change the world when you change your mind! Proud to share the some Torah on self-aware leadership this Wednesday morning!

Who counts? Who owns the land? Who is essential? Honored to share some powerful Torah this Tuesday morning!

How far would you go for your truth? Would you hurt someone in its name? Important Torah this morning!

Black Lives Matter and the Jewish Community: A Discussion with Eric Ward & Carly Pildis

Honored to share a blessing and some Torah this Friday morning! #WhiteShirt #MustBeFriday #ShabbatShalom

Do you believe in magic? The Torah does, and invites us to dream about a tomorrow our rational brain can't yet see! Today's Torah invites you to believe again. Welcome!

So appreciate Ittay Flescher's mini-review of "When We Turned Within." Since its publication, we've already raised over $1,000 to support UJA-Federation of New York's #COVID relief work! Buy your copy today!

purchase your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/When-We-Turned-Within-Reflections/dp/B089TS37YP/

We don't live forever. How can we make things right with those with whom we have complicated history? Today's Torah is urgently needed, if this this world of interpersonal and international struggle is to ever grant our children a peaceful future.