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Micah Streiffer

Jan 25, 2025, 7:19 PM

The bishop’s sermon to Trump: Rabbis like me should have such courage

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde walks by President Donald Trump as he attended A Service of Prayer for the Nation at Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 21, 2025. In her sermon, Buddy urge the president to show mercy to immigrants and LGBTQ+ children. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

In her inauguration sermon, Mariann Budde did what all clergy should do: challenge, ruffle and advocate for basic humanity

Mar 29, 2018, 8:39 AM

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Freedom from (electronic) slavery

An Android smartphone, illustrative (YouTube screenshot)

Bored? I reach for my phone. My mind wanders? My phone. A 15-second interval while a computer page to load? Again, my phone

Aug 24, 2017, 9:40 AM

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Justice in your gates: Time to end intimidation of women at the Western Wall

Women of the Wall head Anat Hoffman (holding Torah scroll) at the Western Wall, July 24, 2017. (Hila Shiloni)

This effort to prevent the Women of the Wall from bringing a Torah to the Kotel subverts the Torah's value of justice

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is the founder and director of LAASOK, a center for progressive Jewish text study. He hosts the Seven Minute Torah podcast and speaks at synagogues across North America.

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