The Reform Jewish tradition of social action in the pursuit of justice is sometimes defined as “Repairing the World”.
Members of the Terre Haute Jewish community gathered with their neighbors on Monday evening, two days after the Oct. 27 attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, for a Stand Against Hate Candlelight Vigil at Vigo County Courthouse.
“That could have been my synagogue. It could have been my church. That could have been my home or my school,” UHC’s Brent Silver told WTHI-TV News.
United Hebrew Congregation expresses its solidarity with the Tree of Life congregation in Pittsburgh, Pa., and our brothers and sisters in the entire Jewish community of Pittsburgh that has been the target of a horrific, anti-Semitic mass murder.
Words are inadequate to express our sadness.
We extend our condolences to all those who lost loved ones in this massacre.
The Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council has released its “Statement re: Charlottesville and Condemnation of Nazism and White Supremacy”.
We share that statement here.
Even though I am a Reform Jew, I am drawn to a more orthodox morning prayer: I give thanks to You, Everlasting King, that You have returned to me my soul with compassion. Great is Your faithfulness.
Intellectually, of course, I know that does not happen. But spiritually, for me, that prayer acknowledges my daily return to God.
I believe that within the soul resides our yearning for social justice. And every morning, I can use that prayer to recommit to lending my voice, if given the opportunity, to someone whom society has made voice-less.