ShmaJournal

Independent think tank of diverse ideas and conversations published online and in print to incubate issues of significance to Jewish community conversations

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Do we face multiple truths? Hadar Harris @HadarHarris https://t.co/fcap0y1OeT

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Judith Rosenbaum writes that the “call- out movement is a system of vigilante justice — a tactic of public denouncement and shaming to condemn an unacceptable behavior and communicate that it will no longer be condoned.” @jahr https://t.co/c8L9VVM52S

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Do we face multiple truths? Hadar Harris @HadarHarris https://t.co/fcap0y1OeT

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Calling out is a blunt instrument, and its dangers are real. It is the ultimate judgment. Judith Rosenbaum @jahr https://t.co/c8L9VVM52S

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Steven Exler: Do we want God to be unbiased even if the outcome is less rosy for us? Or, do we want God to shine compassion on us, looking away from our wrongdoings, even if it means that the world is bereft of Divine justice and fairness?” https://t.co/QnMwg52YR7

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Rabbi Ed Feinstein says “judgment aims to reveal the lies we tell ourselves.” https://t.co/vCyAUgznaf

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Rabbi Ed Feinstein suggests “There is dignity in accountability. To be judged is to be visible, to be significant.” https://t.co/vCyAUgznaf

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Rabbi Steven Exler on balancing judgment and compassion https://t.co/QnMwg52YR7

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On three things the world stands: on judgment, on truth and on peace. Sh'ma Now Talmud commentators Yoni Fife, Lorin Fife & Rebecca Sendor-Israel https://t.co/yMowktSVqJ

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At Rosh HaShanah, we pray God might move from the throne of din, judgment, to the throne of rachamim, merciful love. https://t.co/vCyAUgznaf

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A “call out movement emerges “when belief in the ideal, or patience for its slow unfolding, has expired, and the only choice remaining is a precarious calculation that weighs one destruction against another.” Judith Rosenbaum @jahr https://t.co/c8L9VVM52S

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Rabbi Ed Feinstein writes about a courtroom drama during the High Holidays https://t.co/vCyAUgznaf

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Judith Rosenbaum @jahr “If judgment can short-circuit or curtail justice, so can refraining from judgment allow injustice to fester.” https://t.co/c8L9VVM52S

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Rabbi Steven Exler on impartial judges: “Judges must be impartial, ruling on the evidence in front of them without recourse to mercy or to love for those being judged.” https://t.co/QnMwg52YR7

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NiSh’ma, our Talmud, asks: What prayer does Judaism have us say when we see a large crowd? Why is a prayer the response to seeing a large crowd? https://t.co/2LjWAJ9Xsv

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@amyrtobin asks: How do we create healthy, civic-minded communal spaces where differences of opinion are welcome? https://t.co/htW8x98TRG

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@amyrtobin on the importance of civic inclusiveness. https://t.co/htW8x98TRG

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Danya Ruttenberg @TheRaDR on vulnerability and privilege. How to use our advantages “including the social capital to fight bigotry with full force.” https://t.co/3WeQkyfdme

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@amyrtobin writes that the “American experiment is one of mixing and melting, slavery and land grab, liberty and opportunity. The union is imperfect.” https://t.co/htW8x98TRG

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Danya Ruttenberg @TheRaDR examines the thorny and delicate intersection of antisemitism and privilege. Is it possible to be privileged and also be vulnerable? https://t.co/3WeQkyfdme