Not By Might is the second collection of writings by faith leaders on the topic of gun violence edited by Rabbi Menachem Creditor, the founder and chair of Rabbis Against Gun Violence and spiritual leader of Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley, California. The first volume, Peace In Our Cities, was published shortly after the shooting of 20 kindergarteners and 6 educators at Sandy Hook in Newtown, Connecticut. This new volume comes on the heels of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history targeting the LGBT community at Pulse, a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Both of these horrific shootings grabbed the headlines and shocked the conscience of the country, as they should. Yet, we know that the vast majority of shootings happen out of the spotlight on street corners and parking lots, in bedrooms and kitchens, affecting marginalized communities and vulnerable individuals. Whatever the circumstances, the outpouring of sermons, prayers, poems, and reflections from Jewish leaders reflects the profound sense that Jewish tradition requires a response and that Jewish sources and teachings can offer comfort, inspiration and guidance. Rabbis Against Gun Violence is a national grassroots coalition of Jewish America leaders and faith activists from across the denominational spectrum responding to the devastating epidemic of gun violence in our country. Like other people of faith, we believe in the inherent dignity and sacredness of every human life; we know that every gun death – whether from urban violence, suicide, domestic violence, unintentional shootings, or mass shootings - diminishes us.

Not By Might: Channeling the Power of Faith to End Gun Violence (Rabbis Against Gun Violence Publications)

Politics & Social Sciences

Creditor, Menachem

Politics & Government

Rabbis Against Gun Violence

This Prayerbook is the first edition of an ongoing transliteration project designed to support those making their ways into Jewish Prayer. This siddur (prayerbook) is fully transliterated and partially translated, with comments and interpretations by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and others.

Shabbat Morning Transliterated Siddur (Hebrew Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Judaism

Createspace Independent Pub

The prophet Jeremiah told the weary and heart-broken exiles of Jerusalem that they should “seek the peace of the city.” Rabbis, along with faith leaders of every tradition, teach that a broken society is one in which we fail to take care of others. This book asks some very hard questions of America in the midst of a Gun Violence epidemic, and presents a passionate, hopeful, healing response to a moment of national pain and fragility. The rabbis in this collection ask: How many innocent deaths will it take for our elected officials to respond with moral conviction? How long must America wait to acknowledge that we lose 30+ American lives to Gun Violence every day, scarring our national life? How many tears must be shed? Learn, connect, and be inspired with the voices of today's rabbinic leaders.

Peace in Our Cities: Rabbis Against Gun Violence (Rabbis Against Gun Violence Publications)

History

World

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Like all Jewish festivals, Passover has its roots in Jewish history, in our connection to creation and in the rich spiritual and moral values of Judaism. Passover beckons us to embrace and expand freedom. The authors of this collection explore the themes and commitments of the most-celebrated Jewish holiday, one that contains amazing ingredients to fix the world.

Slavery, Freedom, and Everything Between: The Why, How and What of Passover

Artson, Bradley Shavit

Kulp, Joshua

Wolfson, Ron

Feigelson, Mimi

Yolkut, Elianna

Dorff, Elliot

Savenor, Charlie

The future of Conservative/Masorti Judaism depends on voices like those shared in this book, which was created to fulfill the mission of ShefaNetwork: to bring together dreamers from within the Conservative/Masorti Movement and to give their dreams an audible voice. ShefaNetwork was born in December of 2004 to create a virtual community of professional and lay activists in the Conservative/Masorti movement and a place to discuss the movement’s direction and ways of strengthening Conservative Judaism for the future. Perhaps one of the greatest strengths of the Shefa enterprise is the way it has avoided strict boundaries between the intellectual and the practical. Shefa has provided a very fruitful engagement between intellectuals and practitioners, many of whom should be described as falling in both categories. This is as it should be, because a religious movement needs both a coherent vision with philosophical rigor and historical perspective, and the practical wisdom to enact this vision. Usually, these two tasks are not done well by the same people, but that too is a bias that leads us to divide the world into “theorists” and “practitioners,” as if the two are from different planets. If the Conservative movement is going to succeed in creating spiritual communities in its schools, synagogues and camps, it will have to bring together the theological visions of the movement’s intellectual lights with the practical wisdom of professionals and lay people. The most important accomplishment of ShefaNetwork may be that it has begun a conversation that includes all of these essential voices.

A Manifesto for the Future: The ShefaNetwork Archive: Conservative/Masorti Judaism Dreaming from Within

"Rabbi Creditor is a poet of the soul. These prayer/poems will break your heart open, shining a light that runs from the core of the world through the depths of our pain to the heights of our joy. The book is a portal; it's author, a visionary." Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson Dean, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, American Jewish University “Rabbi Menachem Creditor has given us all a gift. This book of prayers is here to accompany us though the joys and challenges of our daily lives. These are prayers we can relate to, prayers that heal our hearts and revive our souls.” Rabbi Naomi Levy Author of Talking to God “These powerful prayers offer the words we need to respond to the difficult, the beautiful, and the painful, to link our spiritual lives with our actions in the world.” Rabbi Jill Jacobs Executive Director, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights "Once again, Rabbi Menachem Creditor grasps ancient Jewish ideas and translates them compassionately, soulfully, and brilliantly for the contemporary soul. This is a treasure for our Jewish liturgy, a gift of the old renewed in our time." Rabbi Michael Adam Latz Shir Tikvah Congregation, Minneapolis

Primal Prayers: Spiritual Responses to a Real World

Worship & Devotion

from the Foreword by Ruth Messinger: "Rabbi Menachem Creditor’s poems read as if he sat at his desk, slit open his heart and poured his feelings onto the page. Nothing is held back, worded “properly” or edited into blandness. For which we should say a special blessing because he is a person with huge emotions, compassion for the world and for the people around him, an amazing ability to take us with him into nature, world conflict, personal pain and the ravages of gun violence. He takes us with him, he lets us experience what he is experiencing, and in his own way he reminds us to breathe more deeply, to let our feelings out, to become fuller people."

And Yet We Love: Poems (menachem creditor: poems)

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

“Thousands of years ago, the Hebrew people were brutally enslaved in Egypt. The story of their redemption from bondage has planted in our collective American consciousness the deepest human truth: that though we suffer, the trajectory of history moves from slavery to freedom, darkness to light, narrowness to expansiveness. Like Egypt, our country dwells today in narrow straits. But we are not powerless. We are armed us a blueprint for spiritual resistance: the marriage of radical empathy and moral action. Sometimes—maybe once in a generation—a spirit of resistance is awakened at the intersection of love, faith and holy outrage. In those moments, we are reminded what we’re fighting for, what our armed forces are willing to die for, what this country was built for and what our flag flies for: liberty and justice, for all. This is one of those sacred moments.” – Rabbi Sharon Brous

We Will Not Be Silent: Voices of the #JewishResistance

Yanklowitz, Shmuly

Cain, Carol

Latz, Michael Adam

Brous, Sharon

Wolkenfeld, David

Ross, Renee Rubin

Fendel, Yossi

Posen, Eve

These essays by Rabbi Menachem Creditor model the kind of fierce ethical commitment to justice — for women, for the poor, for victims of gun violence, for communities of color, for our cousins in Israel — that lies at the heart of Jewish teaching and scholarship. This book offers a roadmap into difficult conversations. Creditor’s courage in marrying law to faith to social justice in these pages stands as an intense beginning to a dialogue; an invitation to speak out boldly about how the work of tikkun olam must proceed.” - Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Supreme Court correspondent, Slate

Intense Beginnings: Selected Writings 2014 (Menachem Creditor: Essays)

Siddur (prayerbook) Tov leHodot is the second volume of an ongoing project dedicated to inspiring Jewish meaning and helping those finding their way into Jewish prayer. Siddur Tov leHodot is arranged according to the current Shabbat Evening customs of many Traditional Egalitarian communities. It is fully transliterated and partially translated. Some translations within this Prayerbook are truly translations, while others are attempts to lyrically convey a theme within the Hebrew text. A special feature of this siddur is a translation of Shir HaShirim, the Song of Songs, by Rabbi Shefa Gold. As some follow either the Sephardic custom of chanting Shir HaShirim every Friday night before the evening service or the Chassidic custom of chanting it every Friday afternoon, the inclusion of Shir HaShirim in this volume is meant as both cultural inclusion and religious experimentation. May the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts find favor in the eyes of God and people! May our collective prayers strengthen us all to live lives of meaning!

Shabbat Evening Transliterated Siddur (Hebrew Edition): Siddur Tov leHodot (Shabbat Transliterated Prayerbook Series)

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