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Jeremy Schwartz
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#Reconstructionist rabbi, husband, father; grew up in #Habonim-Dror; UW-Madison grad; love #birdwatching, #Hebrew #poetry, #translation, #tikkun. Currently live in Connecticut. Blogging at https://ravjeremy.wordpress.com/ (Some little contributions to Jewish & human civilization: translations, prayers, songs, ideas)
The Ruach Doen’t Leave Them
Breshit Rabbah 1:3“For You are great and do wonders” (Psalm 86:10). Rabbi Tanchum said, “with a ball, if it has a whole the size of a pin point, all the ruach leaves it, while for a human, made with so many cavities and so many holes, the ruach doesn’t leave them. Who can do that? ‘You, God, alone’ (Psalm 86:10).”
https://ravjeremy.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/the-ruach-doent-leave-them/
There's a prayer that asks "What are we" and asserts our near-nothingness. Humanists tend not to like it. It occurs to me that Hillel tells us when "what are we" applies, when he says, "If I am only for myself, what am I?" See my comment on Pirkei Avot 1:14 and the rest of the chapter here: https://ravjeremy.wordpress.com/2023/04/17/comments-on-pirkei-avot-chapter-1/
Love how the diversity of these new #rabbis from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College is visibly evident.
איזה סכנה אם כלום לא השתנה אם נהיה כמו לפני גם אחרי המלחמה - אביתר בנאי
What a danger if nothing's changed, if we're the same as before after the war - Evyatar Banai
What a danger if nothing's changed, if we're the same as before after the war - Evyatar Banai
If you care about climate and happen to be Jewish, you should know about Dayenu. (And my wife shows up in one of the pictures) https://youtu.be/bLJkcdMWaJo?si=SsPrHCByyMa3B2nX
Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action
Highlight of Black Jewish scholars conference at UConn for me was artist-in-residence Jessica Valoris https://www.jessicavaloris.com
This #Connecticut gem is under threat, along with homes and businesses all along the coast, but Gov. #Lamont keeps pushing fossil fuel expansion.
“The price of abridging the defining freedoms of American higher education will be paid by our students and our society.” Happy to see this statement from >170 #college and #university presidents. Hope #UConn signs soon. https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement