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Pursuing Justice

As members of local and global Jewish communities, we bear responsibility for pursuing justice and equality for all the citizens of the world. We can all give tzedakah and a little time, while some of us have the capacity to do much more. We make the world better when we fight for justice from a place of humility and love, not rage. These rituals and prayers infuse that work with a sense of holiness and perspective to help us do just that.

Voting Prayer

A prayer that peace may come through whomever is elected, on behalf of the whole planet [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice

Tags: voting

Reflection and Prayer for a Nation At War

A moving prayer for a nation at war, based on a passage in the book of Joshua in which Joshua, Moses' successor, is about to go to war, and meets an angel [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice, Healing from Trauma & Abuse, Secular Holidays

Tags: Memorial Day, Rabbi Jill Hammer

Prayer for Peace

Attributed to Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice, Saturday, Shabbat

Tags: Siddur Kol Haneshamah, torah service

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration Invocation

Invoking the Jewish tradition of Psalms on joyous days [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice, Secular Holidays

Tags: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Social Action Prayer

An inspiring English prayer to be said while engaging in acts of social action/social justice [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice, Daily Prayer & Mindfulness

Teaching Our Children Tzedakah

Strategies for passing on tzedakah practices to the next generation [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice, Friday Evening, Parenting Day-to-Day

Tags: Rabbi David A. Teutsch, tzedakah

The Silver Thread Ritual

In support of Women of the Wall [more]

Found In: Contemporary Shabbat Practice, Pursuing Justice, Morning Service, Rosh Chodesh

Tags: Judy Chicago, tallit

Vigil for Agunot: Ta'anit Esther

Esther fasted and asked all the people to join her in her fast before she approached the king. Norma Josephs suggest we use Esther's fast as an opportunity to collectively protest the injustice done to women unable to obtain a Jewish divorce (get). [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice, Ta'anit Esther: The Fast of Esther, Tisha b'Av & Minor Fast Days

Tags: agunah

Prayer for Agunot

A plea to free "anchored" wives from their limbo [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice

Tags: agunah

Ta’anit Esther: The Jewish Day for Justice

Honoring modern-day "Esthers" who raise awareness of injustice and mobilize for action [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice, Ta'anit Esther: The Fast of Esther, Tisha b'Av & Minor Fast Days