As we prepare to observe Tishah b’Av and commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem that led to the exile of the Jewish people for centuries to come, we are acutely aware that we find ourselves in the midst of the worst refugee crisis in recorded history, with more than 68 million people displaced worldwide. Given these extraordinary numbers, the continued attacks on asylum and the refugee resettlement program in the United States over the last eighteen months are even more inhumane. Of course, we know that the proverbial 10th of Av will come, and we will rise up from our mourning with renewed resolve to support refugees and asylum seekers. First, though, we take time to dwell fully in the mourning demanded by the 9th of Av. We fervently lament the many cruel actions this administration has taken to limit the ability of refugees and asylum seekers to seek safety in our country, and we mourn for lives destroyed and lives lost. . . .
Modeled after Gil Scott Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not be Televised,” written for Passover during the pandemic (April 2020). . . .
A prayer for a government when that government is causing pain through malicious policies. . . .
“A Prayer for the Spiritual Welfare of the United States at a Time of Trial,” by Rabbi Joe Schwartz was first published at The Forward on 28 June 2019. . . .
A ḳinnah composed in response to the agonizing and cruel United States immigration policy implemented under the presidency of Donald Trump. . . .
A prayer for the correction of the United States immigration policy in support of immigrants and open borders. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 June 2019. . . .
A plea to not become numb in the face of overwhelming cruelty. . . .
Contributor(s): Ephraim Mirvis and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth
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Categories:  Prayers During Public Readings of the Tanakh, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150), Slavery & Captivity
Tags:  redemption, abduction, מי שברך mi sheberakh, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Arabic translation, immigration policy, Psalms 142, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Trump administration family separation policy, imprisoning migrant and asylum seekers 
May the one who blessed our ancestors, Avraham, Yitzḥak, and Yaakov, Yoseph, Moshe, and Aharon, David and Shlomo, Ruth, Sarah, Rivka, Miriam, Devorah, Tamar, and Raḥel, bless and safeguard and preserve the captives… . . .
Contributor(s): Jill Jacobs and T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
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Categories: Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty
Tags: United States, democracy, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 45th President of the United States, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Trump administration family separation policy, 116th Congress, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof 
An invocation by Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director of T’ruah, offered at the opening dinner of the Council on Foreign Relations annual Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop, June 2019. . . .
Contributor(s): Kaya Stern-Kaufman
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Categories: Hashkivenu, Child care
Tags: night, protection, prophylactic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., paraliturgical teḥinot, North American Jewry, immigration policy, United States Immigration Policy, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, paraliturgical hashkivenu, השכיבנו hashkivenu 
This prayer is a line by line interpretative translation of a traditional Ashkenazi variation of the Hashkiveinu prayer recited for Ma’ariv Leil Shabbat. . . .
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