Shoftim
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Rolling Waters, Mighty Stream — Exploring MLK’s Metaphor
This was my opening invocation for the annual Southern NH Outreach for Black Unity Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast on January 21, 2019. I am so honored to be invited to join you for some opening words today. My name is Jon Spira-Savett, and I serve as rabbi for the Jewish community in… Continue reading
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How To Be Judgmental
This was my D'var Torah in services on Sept. 10, 2016, Parashat Shoftim. On my first Rosh Hashanah here, I recounted a small vignette that happened to me, that happened in me, when we were living in an apartment in Queens more than ten years ago. I was walking out the basement exit, near the… Continue reading
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Election 2012 — Quick Roundup of My Links
Here are a few of my Divrei Torah that relate to political philosophy and the upcoming election. I'll be speaking more about this tomorrow at Shabbat morning services. 2009 Dvar Torah on this week's parasha, Shoftim — my letter to President Obama about health care reform last week's on-line Dvar Torah on Parashat Re'eh —… Continue reading
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Dear President Obama — A Response to a Conversation about Faith and Health Care
On Wednesday, August 19, I participated in a conference call with President Obama on the subject of health care reform. The call was organized by the Religious Action Center of the Reform movement, in conjunction with the Conservative and Reconstructionist rabbinical associations. I formulated my response in the form of a letter, which I read… Continue reading
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