The Gathering | The future of safe Jewish spaces - Avodah

The Gathering | The future of safe Jewish spaces

Published Mar 1, 2022
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Engaging with the world’s injustices can often be exhausting—here is inevitable anger, disappointment, and fear that emerges, and it’s hard not to carry that around with us in our bodies and in our souls, especially at a time when the world brings us one heartbreaking challenge after another. At times like these, I am reminded that the only way out is through—to face these moments and engage, whether that’s by showing up, speaking out, giving to a cause, or investing in our own learning. There is powerful alchemy in the commitment to work together, to aim toward healing, and to try to do better collectively.
 
This month’s resources all speak to essential issues, some perennial and others very much of the moment. Their authors offer visions of access, solidarity, accountability, safety, and humility. They invite us to imagine and to work toward a more expansive understanding of what can be. They offer hope that emerges from and remains tied to action—what a gift.
 
— Sarra Alpert, Director of The Avodah Institute for Social Change

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