Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Mourning the Loss of Temples, Ancient and Contemporary
(image from https://www.ritmeyer.com/2020/07/31/https-www-youtube-com-watchvy5vuox09ryw/) I have been listening to a lot of lament in...
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Spiritual Director, Peace and Justice Educator, Teacher of Mussar, and Author
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Jun 21
- 4 min
The Torah and Poor People
The Rev. William Barber (left) and the Rev. Liz Theoharis, co-chairs of the Poor People's Campaign, lead a demonstration outside the U.S....
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Apr 7
- 3 min
The Four Children and Racial Justice
The Maggid section of the Haggadah imagines four distinct children, each with their own response to the Passover story. Many of us have...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Mar 14
- 4 min
The Tiny Aleph Calls us to Recognize our Privilege
(Image from https://www.boundless.org/faith/how-to-empty-your-cup-and-find-humility/) This week’s parashah, Vayikra, contains a famously...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Jul 11, 2021
- 3 min
Our Journey through COVID
What a journey it has been through this unimaginable year and a half. The loss of so many loved ones, the collapse of our treasured...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Jan 22, 2021
- 3 min
Unity or Beloved Community?
Will President Biden's call for unity lead to a betrayal of his commitment to racial and economic justice?
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
Who by Virus and Who by Fire?
I’m so grateful that I don’t read the words of the machzor (High Holiday prayerbook) literally. If I believed that there were an...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Jun 12, 2020
- 3 min
Sound the Trumpets of Justice for All
I can only hope that the agony of these weeks will serve as a sound of the trumpets, awakening our nation to the institutional racism.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Jan 18, 2020
- 3 min
The Balance between Righteousness and Self-Righteousness
Ometz lev is a quality of willingness to speak truth to power and also a quality of the heart: strength tempered by love and gentleness.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Aug 25, 2019
- 3 min
In these trying times, what are we to do? Here's an answer from Torah.
We must arise from our posture of humility in order to practice transformative love, emulate God’s ways and spend our lives in service.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
Why This Rabbi Protested U.S. Immigration Policy on Tish'a B'av
I have been to many demonstrations at Palo Alto City Hall. But there was something special about the one on Aug. 11, for Tish'a B'Av.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- May 8, 2019
- 3 min
Scapegoats on the Streets of San Francisco
This year I can visualize the scapegoat being cast out by the community, because I have seen it on the streets of San Francisco.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Mar 29, 2019
- 3 min
An Answer to What Ails Our Society
Still aching from the horror of the massacre at the mosques in New Zealand, I found myself at a remarkable gathering last week. It was...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Oct 19, 2018
- 3 min
Reeling from my journey into America's ugly past
I just returned from a sacred pilgrimage. The place was the new National Memorial of Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum in...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Jun 27, 2018
- 4 min
You are Not Alone
It was late on Friday afternoon, and I was on my way to a Catholic church, where I would soon lead Shabbat candle-lighting for a large...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
- Jun 7, 2018
- 1 min
Separating Children From Their Families Flies in the Face of Biblical Values
Think of a young child whom you love. Remember a time when your beloved child was tired, hungry or uncomfortable. What did she do?...
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