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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Rabbi Jill Jacobs responds to a new investigation in Haaretz revealing the US-based Tikvah fund has invested millions in placing a settler elite in charge of Israel's military, perpetuating forever war.

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"How dare you sit in your comfortable living room?"

How right wing US donors are driving Israel off a cliff while criticizing progressive Jews who dare open their mouths

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

October 7, 2026 marks three of the darkest years in recent history for Palestinians and Israelis alike. The pain and destruction are heavy in our hearts.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This weekend, on Simchat Torah, we will come to the conclusion of the 5 books of Moses. Rabbi Julie Hilton Danan writes, "The unfinished story at the end of the Torah is a continual reminder that even our greatest leader couldn’t complete the work, and neither can we."

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Simchat Torah: Nothing Great Is Ever Finished | T'ruah

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The prime minister's attempts to deflect blame for this horrific attack onto a "small number" of violent settlers is absurd. The state backs this violence, allowing settler terrorists to roam free with impunity, while restricting Palestinians' movement. And the Tubasi family is still not home.

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PM blames ‘small number’ of West Bank rioters as mass settler attack draws wide condemnation

Some right-wing politicians echo Netanyahu's rare rebuke of settler violence, after over 100 extremists attack Jalud; top settlement leader calls for police crackdown on attacks

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

T'ruah rabbi Susan Goldberg has joined L.A. clergy members from different faith backgrounds on a week-long, 96-mile pilgrimage to call for the closure of all immigrant detention centers and to fundraise to free people from detention centers through bond payments.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Often the best way to love a country is to fight for it to do better, argues Rabbi Jill Jacobs in Religion News Service. She adds, "Palestinian freedom is essential to Israel's future, not a threat to it." Read the full essay: buff.ly/OfbtdqV

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As we await further details of this terrifying incident, we are grateful and relieved that all passengers on this flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv are safe and accounted for, including the many Israelis aboard. buff.ly/eIhnExH

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wilber Perez was shot in the back by ICE. Instead of immediate medical care, ICE locked him in a cage. The Torah teaches us that all people deserve to be treated with compassion and dignity. We demand: - Immediate release of Wilber from ICE custody.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Rabbis led American Jews & Israeli Americans in protest yesterday outside the UN, while world leaders walked out of the room as PM Netanyahu spoke. We held signs with faces of Palestinian children and Israeli hostages killed in Gaza, reminding Netanyahu their blood is on his hands. Photos: Gili Getz

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tonight we begin Sukkot. Jews around the world will eat our meals in fragile, temporary booths that remind us of our ancestors' journey in the desert. Let's remember those whose homes are fragile, whose lives are precarious, and whose physical safety is threatened by those in power.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The holiday of Sukkot begins tonight. In this week's installment of (M)oral Torah, Cantor Michael Zoosman connects Sukkot with efforts to abolish the death penalty. He writes, "The death penalty ultimately becomes a lethal political tool, particularly for election campaigns."

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Sukkot and the Shadow of October 7: Uninviting the Angel of Death in Israel | T'ruah

Cantor Michael Zoosman

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

HAPPENING NOW: American Jews and Israeli Americans are gathered outside the UN to protest Netanyahu and his government of terror! We refuse to stand idly by!

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

One year ago, Republicans passed Trump's signature budget bill, cutting nearly $1 trillion from health care. Between that bill and the spending bills since, they've funneled over a quarter trillion dollars to ICE and DHS to terrorize our communities. See state-by-state data: buff.ly/gww53Mm.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Are you remembering to drink a lot of water today? Asking for your rabbi.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

T'ruah wishes you a meaningful Yom Kippur and a g'mar chatimah tovah, a good final sealing into the Book of Life.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Akiva had to do the terrifying work of giving up the narrative," writes Rabbi Amelia Wolf, "that we are always just, and we are always right, for a newer, truer one: We are sometimes unjust, and we are sometimes wrong." Read this week's (M)oral Torah installment for Yom Kippur: buff.ly/alXbjmB

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Yom Kippur: The Courage to Let Go | T'ruah

Rabbi Amelia Wolf

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The administration knows they're losing, and in desperation, they're lashing out and trying to control the results of our elections. This week, they tried to quash Jimmy Kimmel's interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico.

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Authoritarian Action Watch Threat Tracker

How's American democracy doing? This tool gives us a way to understand how authoritarian actions and pushback against them add up.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Mobilize Voters at a Chutzpah Phone Bank on Thursday, September 24, at 6:00 pm ET/ 3:00 pm PT. T’ruah is teaming up with Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action to ensure that people who care about climate and justice get to the polls for every election. Sign up to volunteer. buff.ly/DvG58lV

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Mobilize Voters at a Chutzpah Phone Bank: Sep 24, 2026 | T'ruah

The future of our democracy is at stake, and we need every hand on deck to help mobilize climate voters this year, ahead of the midterms. That’s why we are mobilizing the full power of the Jewish…

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Over the past few weeks, Israeli forces have demolished two Palestinian villages in the Masafer Yatta region of the South Hebron Hills, driving families off land where they have lived for generations.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New Yorkers: Protest Netanyahu at the UN on Thursday, September 24, 12:00 pm. Meet us at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. When Prime Minister Netanyahu comes to NYC, American Jews and Israeli Americans will be there to send a clear message: you have blood on your hands, and you are not welcome in our city.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The current campaign of incitement against the NAZA filmmakers is an attempt to silence dissent and criticism of the government through fear. Lawmakers, journalists, and right-wing activists have piled on attacks on the filmmakers, calling for them to be "pursued" and "hunted."

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We're heartbroken by the tragic news from Gaza today: A building damaged by Israeli strikes that was housing many families has collapsed. At least 20 people have died, including children, and many more are still caught in the rubble calling for help. buff.ly/lE4GRiS

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At least 20 killed after Israeli-hit building in Gaza City collapses

Rescue workers say search for dozens of people hampered by lack of heavy machinery

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“Ben Zoma asks, ‘Who is worthy of honor? The one who treats others with honor.’” (Pirkei Avot 4:1) buff.ly/IxI1tgU

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Good news! Today, the Supreme Court affirmed what we already know to be true: Americans can vote whatever way is most convenient for them, whether by mail, via a ballot drop box, early in-person, or at a polling location on Election Day.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Join us this fall for virtual workshops and phone banks designed to equip you with the tools to navigate and protect the 2026 midterm elections. You do not have to be clergy to participate. These sessions are open to everyone. Registration link: buff.ly/ni5PdOE

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Election Protection Trainings 2026 | T'ruah

Join us this fall for virtual workshops and phone banks designed to help us protect the 2026 elections.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The U.S. government is dismantling protections established after the Holocaust for people to seek safety and refuge. We refuse to stand idly by. Submit your comment to support litigation challenging a new rule that denies asylum seekers the right to an asylum interview. buff.ly/1Z9JqFj @hias.org

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Tell USCIS: Don't strip asylum seekers of their right to be heard

USCIS has issued a new rule that lets immigration officers refer asylum seekers straight into deportation proceedings — without ever giving them an interview. Submit your comment today and let USCIS…

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The t’ruah blast consists of nine staccato notes. This halting sound reminds us of the brokenness of the world, while also calling us to be partners with God in healing this brokenness. May we find the courage in 5787 to pursue justice in partnership with God.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"I am a huge Emma Lazarus fan," writes Rabbi Dan Judson in this week's installment of (M)oral Torah. "Calling me a 'super fan' might be more accurate." Read Rabbi Judson's analysis of her 1882 poem for Rosh Hashanah: buff.ly/f4hu1Cq

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Rosh Hashanah: The Sacred Cornet, My Super Fandom for Emma Lazarus, and America at Its 250th Anniversary | T'ruah

Rabbi Dan Judson, Ph.D.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Jewish new year begins tomorrow evening. Jews around the world will reflect on becoming better selves and better citizens of our broken world. With attacks on our civil rights, it's on all of us to repair the world. Though we can't do everything, each of us can do something!

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We appreciate the decision by the UK, France, and Canada to impose a ban on trade with Israeli settlements and to reiterate their commitment to bringing about a two state solution.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some poisons aren't bitter at first, Jewish tradition teaches — they grow more bitter over the years until a society stops noticing the taste. In her new essay, T'ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs argues that this is what has happened with settler violence in the West Bank. buff.ly/Py4KIAC

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is what you get when you build a force to terrorize immigrant communities and recruit for it with Great Replacement fear mongering and slogans borrowed from white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day! Today and every day, we are honoring workers in every industry and celebrating the achievements of the labor movement. We recommit to pursuing justice, dignity, and equity for all workers.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Moses could have handed the Torah to Joshua and called his work done," writes Rabbi Ryan Leszner about this week's parshiyot, Nitzavim-Vayeilech. "Instead, he makes sure it belongs to everyone who will need it." Read the rest of this week's (M)oral Torah installment: buff.ly/w0FYNn8

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Nitzavim-Vayeilech: Writing Torah Together | T'ruah

Rabbi Ryan Leszner

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Twenty-year-old Pierre Damas Bel, a Haitian immigrant who came to the U.S. to pursue his education, tragically took his own life after ICE officers put him in an ankle monitor. Barkuh dayan ha'emet. One death is the death of an entire world. buff.ly/QOe85Cc

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Springfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates say

A 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Unaccompanied children are being rounded up by ICE and need our protection. The Trump administration is laying the groundwork to deny them legal counsel so they can be quickly deported back to the very violence, trafficking, and danger they fled. Contact your members of Congress: buff.ly/fCQfqoN

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"If we want to fight antisemitism effectively...we need strategic imagination that much of the institutional Jewish community is sorely lacking," writes Rabbi Joshua Rabin, member of T'ruah's network. Read his essay on working with DSA elected officials. buff.ly/P7RKbBg

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I'm a Zionist rabbi. My friends are DSA. Here's how that works.

I'm a Zionist rabbi in AOC's district. Here's what I've learned from the relationships I've built with the democratic socialists representing us.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

As the situation drags on, Israeli officials are counting on international attention fading away. But we have to keep it up. We won't stop bearing witness.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Cantor Sarah Bolts writes: "Rather than simply telling those in power to be fair, we need to look at who is being included and represented in leadership."

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Ki Tavo: Who Is Not in the Room? | T'ruah

Cantor Sarah Bolts

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Camila is one of dozens of transgender folks in ICE custody who are currently denied adequate healthcare, including access to life saving hormones, and are subjected to physical assault and harassment. buff.ly/aZ3O0vX

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/nyregion/transgender-migrants-ice.html

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

In this chilling letter, Maryam Tahmasebi details her family's experience in ICE detention for the last 4 months. She writes, "My son and I have spent over 120 days in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, away from my husband, who was taken to the S. Texas Detention Center in Pearsall."

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One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

In this week's installment of (M)oral Torah on Ki Tetze, Rabbi Kari Tuling, Ph.D. writes: "An abiding concern for human rights, and for upholding the inherent dignity of even the poorest among us, has been a key feature of the Jewish tradition, originating with [Deuteronomy 24:19]." buff.ly/TPhiCC4

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Ki Tetze: Leave the Corners of the Field | T'ruah

Rabbi Kari Tuling, Ph.D.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Jean Wilson Brutus. Edwin López-Cornejo. José Chajón-Raxón. Three men held at Delaney Hall, New Jersey's largest immigrant detention facility. In less than a year, all three are dead.

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Third person dies at New Jersey immigration detention center

José Chajón-Raxón experienced ‘seizure-like activity’ at Delaney Hall and later died after being hospitalized

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

These words of Israel's Minister of National Security on former hostage Rom Braslavski's podcast could not be farther from Jewish values, text, and tradition. We're disgusted by this call for blood, and horrified anew that Ben Gvir is the person in charge of Israel's police.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"That's not actually accurate nor a helpful perspective to have, because it puts you in this fearful, defensive posture." T'ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs talked with Niala Boodhoo about ditching the apocalyptic mindset around elections—and what it actually looks like to stay engaged.

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Voting your morals

Podcast Episode · Oh God Now What · August 15 · 43m

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🧵 We're angry and not surprised that Netanyahu has thrown up a new roadblock to the full implementation of last fall's ceasefire agreement. Hamas has finally agreed to phased disarmament, dependent on Israeli forces gradually withdrawing from the Strip.

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In "Israel Must Purge the Bloodguilt of Settler Violence," Rabbi Jonah Winer asks us to shift the conversation from a focus "on the crimes of individual radical settlers, to the violence of the occupation and settlement projects as a whole.”

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Israel Must Purge the Bloodguilt of Settler Violence | T'ruah

Rabbi Jonah Winer

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Parshat Shoftim, writes Rabbi Mol Paul, contains one of our most famous phrases — 'justice, justice you will pursue.' But how can we pursue justice when our systems have become corrupted? Shoftim shows us how to "create new systems with just processes and just outcomes." buff.ly/FhcjcED

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Shoftim: Justice in an Era of Injustice | T'ruah

Rabbi Mol Paul

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