Rabbi Sandra: Making Connections

Rabbi Sandra Lawson
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  1. 3d ago

    Torah: Open Your Hand

    I’ve been thinking about money and what our money says about our priorities. This week, more than $60 million in outside spending poured into a single U.S. Senate primary in Michigan. More than $60 million. That number has stayed with me. Because imagine bringing that same level of urgency to lowering the cost of groceries. Imagine that kind of investment in healthcare, affordable housing, public schools, or making sure people earn enough to live. We clearly have resources in this country. We know how to raise enormous amounts of money when we decide something matters. So maybe the question is: What do we decide matters? And as I was thinking about that question, I realized that this week’s Torah portion, Re’eh, has something to say about it. Rabbi Sandra: Making Connections is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Rabbi Sandra: Making Connections at rabbisandra.substack.com/subscribe

  2. Jul 30

    What the Fauci Hearing Reminded Me Of

    Congress has every right to investigate what happened during COVID. But what I watched in the Fauci hearing felt like a public shaming. I grew up in the AIDS era. I remember the silence, the fear, the people we lost. Maybe that impacts how I saw the hearing yesterday And sadly it reminded me of a scene in 12 Years a Slave — the scene where the plantation owner’s wife, unable to touch the husband who actually holds power over her, turns her rage on the enslaved woman he’s exploiting instead. That’s what I saw in that hearing room: Congress reaching for who they can hit, because the person who actually holds power feels untouchable. Thank you for tuning in! Get full access to Rabbi Sandra: Making Connections at rabbisandra.substack.com/subscribe

    What the Fauci Hearing Reminded Me Of

  3. Jul 3

    Birthright Citizenship: Who Belongs?

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    Birthright Citizenship: Who Belongs?

  4. Jun 29

    Why Are We So Afraid of Change?

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    Why Are We So Afraid of Change?

  5. May 22

    Rights, Democracy, & Decency Under Assault: A Jewish Conversation w/ Debra Shushan, Rabbi Sandra Lawson, & Stephanie Wilson

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    Rights, Democracy, & Decency Under Assault: A Jewish Conversation w/ Debra Shushan, Rabbi Sandra Lawson, & Stephanie Wilson

  6. Apr 30

    We Are More Committed to Supremacy Than Democracy

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    We Are More Committed to Supremacy Than Democracy

  7. Apr 24

    Kedoshim 19: The Holiness Code as Organizing Document

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    Kedoshim 19: The Holiness Code as Organizing Document

  8. Apr 3

    Passover in a time of selective freedom

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    Passover in a time of selective freedom
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