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7 years

Jewish Refugees denied entry in to the U.S. only to be murdered. Shtika K'hoda'ah -being silent is being complicit

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Torah demands we rise up to hold & protect all those who have been put at grave risk by today’s decision.

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Here we are again!! This time outside Senator @kyrstensinema ‘s office! We will not be silent while traumatized children in cages die in detention centers!! Senator Sinema, we are shocked by your silence!!

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Discussing how we we can restore ethics & empathy in our country tonight with inspiring Presidential candidate U.S. Senator @SenWarren

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This is what is left of the Hillel in Kharkiv that I spent a summer volunteering at. Devastating and Infuriating. Sending so much love to our Ukrainian brothers & sisters!! #Ukraine #Jewish #HillelInternational

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Declaring this House of Worship a Sanctuary for Immigrants Under Attack! Can we get Synagogues around the country to declare Sanctuary?

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6 years

For Jews, the deporting of African asylum seekers back to dangerous lands, is not just one issue of 1,000 to care about. It's of utmost priority. Indeed, it's our spiritual test to see if we learned from the horrors of the 20th century!

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In the spirit of MLK Day today, I want to bring our attention toward someone who is truly walking in the path of Dr. King: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II Rev. Barber is one of the many amazing people that I've had the great privilege to march with, a fierce advocate for justice.

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Now sometimes my little kids organize together and chant "No Justice, No Peace" if I don't give them what they want. What have I done?!?!?

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7 years

Even when you disliked a past president you knew that they all held something to be sacred. Something. Anything.

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7 years

In prayer tonight in solidarity with the Dreamers. We shall not be complicit in this harsh decree. #DACAResistance

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7 years

All the prayers, fasting, sermons, & chest-beating. Let's just be sure at the end we're a little bit more loving, a little bit more kind.

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We came out of Shabbat to learn of this horrific situation of a rabbi & congregants being held hostage. We pray for the courage of the negotiators & swat teams, and security for those under attack. Dear G-d, may we reach a day when Jews don't live in fear when going to pray!!!!

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On this day in 1883, the great slave abolitionist & women's rights activist Sojourner Truth passed away. We can honor her memory by continuing her holy work.

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7 years

Just met w/ @deedra2018 running for U.S. Senate for @JeffFlake 's seat Learn more about her policy positions here:

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6 years

protesting the cruel policy of separating traumatized children from their vulnerable parents outside the Dept. of Homeland Security ICE.

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3 years

Marching for justice now with the great Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II

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7 years

If silent about racism & xenophobia, you've actually violated the Torah. If shomer shabbos, but silent on hatred, you're actually not frum.

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@SenatorSinema Dear @SenatorSinema , my Senator, I beg you, we beg you. @Sen_JoeManchin is finally on board. We have the possibility of around $370 Billion dollars being allocated to energy security & climate initiatives that are truly urgent.

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6 years

In 2018, we’re gonna take back our country through daily holy acts of love & justice!!!

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Tonight, lighting our 1st Chanukah candle in honor of our Jewish brother Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his bravery & in solidarity with the people of Ukraine in resistance (& with all victims in in this senseless war). Blessings for Light, Healing, Peace! Chanukah Sameach!

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With shocking words like this, we must continue to speak out against this former president’s antisemitism and the serious threats he poses to Jews, other minorities, democracy, & global stability.

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It's mamesh a shanda when Jews who aren't Orthodox, praying or celebrating a simcha, are shamed & mistreated at the Kotel. We must demand that adequate security be put in place to protect all who wants to tap into the Jewish tradition and the spiritual connection of our heritage.

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7 years

Whenever we feel inclined to complain about the darkness, may we have the strength, courage, & wisdom to light a new light!

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"Healthcare is a basic human right and i will fight for this human right!" Go @SenWarren #DemDebate

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7 years

22 Orthodox rabbis just called on Orthodox community to engage in "Spiritual Resistance" against hateful policies

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Happy Holidays!

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3 years

Very fortunate to celebrate Thanksgiving at our home tonight with this very kind young family of Afghan refugees (who just arrived a month ago) along with families that are Asylum seekers from Venezuela. Very special people. May we build a welcoming nation together!

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7 years

@Sojourners , I suggest that the Sabbath might be the most important ancient tool we have for Social Progress!

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5 years

Last night, I was deeply blessed to be with the utterly remarkable primatologist & anthropologist Dr. Jane Goodall, the world-renowned expert on chimpanzees. A truly inspiring & compassionate human being, she has spent her life immersed in global efforts to conserve our world!

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With Imam at his mosque with dozens facilitating a night of Jewish-Muslim dialogue. Building bridges together!

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Spending this 50th Yom Yerushalayim with a senor Palestinian human rights activist who respects Israel, Jews, and Israel's security needs.

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6 years

If the Pesach Seder doesn't lead to a moral commitment to #Resistance , it wasn't a Kosher l'Pesach Seder!

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2 years

Excited to have launched our first amazing Homeless Outreach Mobile Cooling Van! @NPR 's @kjzzphoenix just shared more about this project: In the peak of the AZ summer at 115 degrees, we must save lives together!

Homeless outreach group uses Phoenix funding for mobile cooling van

Outreach group AZ Hugs for the Houseless has created a mobile cooling van to prevent heat-related deaths for those experiencing homelessness, using funding from the city of Phoenix.The funding,

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Grateful to @JevinHodge for speaking powerfully at our Taanit Esther rally last night against Antisemitism, hate, and in solidarity with Ukrainian refugees. Jevin is a great leader running for Congress and I love that he's holding a sign: "More Esther, Less Haman!" Purim Sameach!

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Love walking the neighborhood with my little son at night seeing all the holiday decorations of a baby in a manger with his parents and an angel. “Why is baby moshe everywhere at Chanukah time,” he asks. 😂

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Today I sat with a broken woman. Not a little broken. Totally. I couldn't solve anything for her. Just could listen & bare witness. She is not the only one. Totally broken people are in hiding. Everywhere. In our joy we should remember that. In our sorrow we should remember that.

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7 years

Careful of those calling for "National Unity." They likely mean: Submit don't Resist. Judaism is a religion of protest against status quo.

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1 year

A delight to celebrate Chanukah tonight with VP Kamala Harris & Mr. Emhoff at their lovely home. Let’s all light candles for hope, in faith & solidarity, together! Chanukah Sameach!

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6 years

Following the holy tradition of Esther & Mordechai, we’re out protesting tonight in the rain for immigrant rights in solidarity w/ DREAMers!

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Please, no more G-d as "He." Its spiritually-violent to assume the Perfect Being is male (or use language implying such). #BreakPatriarchy

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7 years

May "the City of Peace" truly become a global model for co-existence and pluralism where the human dignity of every person is honored.

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6 years

There are rabbis who still won’t convert LGBTQ people to Judaism. We must call this out. Did G-d only reveal the Torah to straight people?

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1 year

With the inspiring activist @Malala , a Pakistani activist who survived a Taliban attack for speaking out for girls' education. For her heroic work she was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize becoming the youngest laureate. Malala, may you be blessed with continued health & success!

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Told my 2 year old I'm a rabbi. Trying to delay "Preacher's Kid Syndrome." He didn't believe me. He believed only women could be rabbis. B'H

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Our Foster Son is about to enter Surgery. Please say a little prayer for G' son of M'

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7 years

Over 100 Rabbis just denounced the Death Penalty in America!

Over 100 Rabbis Denounce The Death Penalty

We, the undersigned Rabbis across denominations, express our opposition to the use of the death penalty in America. As Jews and citizens, we believe that governments must protect the dignity and...

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@RevDrBarber in conversation with @RavShmuly Voter Suppression, Raising the Minimum, Wage & Spiritual Resilience! Watch the full video here -

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8 years

Expanding & deepening our Jewish-Muslim partnership today. We're going to build bridges stronger than ever!

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6 years

Every day, something makes me say Wow! Today I had lunch w/ a Hospice Nurse. He spends every day holding the hands of the dying. I looked in his eyes and felt this is what a holy person looks like. He inspires me to do more. For the living. For the dying.

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Today, I argue for the unique Jewish imperative to stand with the DREAMers! @jdforward

Jews Must Defend The DREAMers

Trump and other ultra-nationalists who show no compassion for DACA DREAMer immigrants reject the God who dwells within the depths of Torah.

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Grateful they are telling this story today of how, amidst skyrocketing antisemitism, the Jewish people are celebrating survival, spiritual resiliency, the vibrancy of Torah, & our universalistic moral commitment to the repair of the world. Happy Chanukah!

'Celebration of Jewish resilience': Hanukkah endures amid rise in antisemitism

Hatred against the community has surged nationally with multiple incidents in Arizona.

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8 years

Reflecting on 75 years since the passing of Louis Brandeis: the 1st Jew on the Supreme Court & a warrior for social justice!

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2 years

So honored the book is the number one best seller on amazon for newly released transplant surgery books! Thank you all for your support! @benyehudapress

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6 years

Very excited to share that I just finished writing a social justice commentary on all of Pirkei Avot (the ethical teachings of the early rabbis). Book will be published and released this spring!

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7 years

@uriltzedek , Orthodox Social Justice, is proud to be partnering with @KeshetGLBTJews "Kavod Achshav - Dignity Now" Campaign For Trans Youth!

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Friendly reminder that those Invisible People who you rarely see but who support you (cleaning your office at night, delivering your mail, taking your garbage early in the morning, cooking in the back of your favorite restaurant) could use extra kindness at this time of year

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"They’re right about ethics and the environment. If you won’t join them, at least respect their effort to build a sustainable future." @Jacob_Labendz @missmayim @matisyahu @aryehlou @natpdotcom @PeterSinger @Shamayim_

Opinion | Stop Mocking Vegans (Published 2019)

They’re right about ethics and the environment. If you won’t join them, at least respect their effort to build a sustainable future.

www.nytimes.com

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6 years

About half of the U.S. population can no longer even afford basic necessities such as food and rent. Here I argue for rebuilding a more fair society for the Middle Class!

Rebuilding a Fair Society for the Middle Class

There are two elements that have been deeply destructive to fairness in contemporary America. The first, and most overtly destructive, is…

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7 years

Today I'm 36. I'm full of gratitude. I had apple pie for breakfast. Oh, and my dad still calls me "Big Boy."

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6 years

I'm very disturbed by @netanyahu 's plans to deport asylum seekers. We should be working together to address the refugee crisis and not sending refugees to danger. There would, G-d forbid, be blood on our hands if we were to deport survivors of genocide and persecution!

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@urielromano Great to learn with you Reb Uriel!

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5 years

If our Seder emphasizes Jewish victimhood more than Jewish responsibility, we’re doing it wrong.

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7 years

This day in '63-KKK bombed the Church in Birmingham killing 4 girls. May their memory inspire us to uproot racial injustice in this country!

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6 years

Closing coffee shops for a day due to racial bias? How about we shut down this broken country for a day to discuss hate & injustice?

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Celebrating Passover today with the great Feminist icon @GloriaSteinem ! 85 years old & still advocating so fiercely for women’s rights!!

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7 years

No matter what Torah I learn, the most central teaching re-emerges: be more kind.

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8 months

Ziggy Marley, the son of reggae star Bob Marley! @ziggymarley

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6 years

Insane price gouging on Pesach products is a Torah prohibition.

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5 years

Intermarriage is a 2nd Holocaust?!? No, Minister, Rabbi Peretz, you owe diaspora Jews an apology! My piece in today's @JTAnews on why we must stand with our cherished interfaith families.

Intermarried Jews are not a second Holocaust - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

We should not use Jewish law as an excuse to shame others, writes an Orthodox rabbi and child of an interfaith family.

www.jta.org

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This week, while we're commemorating 3,300 years since Moses spoke truth to the powerful Pharaoh in Egypt, we are also commemorating 50 years since the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. who spoke truth to the powerful establishments of white supremacy in America. #Justice !

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7 years

Dudes saying #MeToo is blown out of proportion shouldn't be called up to Torah. Need to be communal consequences for being morally obtuse.

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7 years

Last year, @JohnKerry signed the Paris Accords with his granddaughter on his lap. Love our children & grandchildren? Let's save our planet!

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2 years

@SenatorSinema @Sen_JoeManchin Senator @kyrstensinema , the state of Arizona, the citizens of America, all of humanity, indeed all life on this planet now look to you as this crucial environmental initiative now waits for your response. Please stand with us, with all of us!

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4 months

Huge anti-Israel protests outside but happy to be safely on the inside with those fighting for Israel’s right to exist & against all forms of antisemitism & hate. Great to be with my friend Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of ADL, who is tirelessly advocating for our dignity & security.

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7 years

Let's be as LOUD as we can be right now to SAVE our DEMOCRACY!

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7 years

Just out of surgery. Success! B'H. G-d is so good! Healthcare access is real good. Oh and these narcotics are super good. Good Shabbos!

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8 years

Out protesting pet stores that support cruel puppy mills that torture dogs. #onlyshelters !

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7 years

Hater turned menorah into swastika. Received call from a Syrian leader saying the Syrian comm wants to pay for new one. Inspired! Together!

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4 years

@ZBNFL @DeSeanJackson10 So moved by this @ZBNFL !! Thank you so much!!

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Anti-Semitism is on high-alert & we must combat this evil, but let's never grant it primacy (haters win by controlling our discourse). Primary must always be living our mission (Torah & mitzvot, menschlikeit, fostering justice, building holy families & communities, acts of love).

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Talmudic wisdom for the Chief Tweeter of the United States: “Whoever has arrogance, the slightest breeze will shake him." -Sotah 5a

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4 years

Anxiety, Addiction, & Torah An interview with @jorosenfeld Watch the full interview:

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3 years

Having breakfast with Rev. Jesse Jackson before we march!

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My amazing, great-Aunt Dena surprised me by showing up at my Torah class! She just turned 90! Everyone, please offer her a bracha!

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5 years

How delightful when a random Christian woman runs over to you to ecstatically share her excitement that she was just baptized: “I know you’re not Christian but as a religious person I see around here who seems nice, I thought you might appreciate my spiritual growth experience!”

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Giving the keynote address tonight to a banquet of hundreds of Muslim doctors. More important than anything in my speech is their message: "America for All!" For justice, equality, diversity, & unity! Together we soar! G-d willing! Inshallah!

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May this Shabbos bring quiet healing to all victims of violence & bring noisy protest to the doorsteps of perpetrators (and all those complicit through their war to protect a white supremacist death-affirming gun culture at the expense of our children's lives). #MarchForOurLives

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8 years

Grateful to @jdforward for highlighting our collective work by putting me on their list of 50 Most Influential Jews

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Interesting how @realDonaldTrump denounced American hero @repjohnlewis a lot faster then he did the KKK, David Duke or the other neo-Nazis.

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My Christian family is so respectful of our Jewish practices in their homes. I hope Jewish homes are as embracing of family of other faiths.

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We took the kids tonight to see Disney's new film "Strange World." Lots of great things to say about this sci-fi, but I don't want to spoil it. I just want to comment how important it was that it's the first time there's been a Disney film starring an openly gay character.

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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The horrors of the Holocaust, killing 6 million Jews & others, remains a great stain on humanity & the greatest challenge to the notion of progress. Yet, here we are re-affirming today that from our brokenness we will rebuild.

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6 years

When faith reduces responsibility, it is flawed faith.

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7 years

Mary Daly said it well: “As long as God is male, the male is God.”

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4 years

Falling asleep, I asked our younger foster child (2 yo) who his favorite person in the world was. Immediately he said his 3 yo brother who sleeps next to him. Everything must be done for children, who have traumatically entered foster care, to ensure they are kept with siblings.

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Thanks to all who supported, we fulfilled our dream & purchased a truck & mobile shower units and we've now enabled hundreds of showers (in the first few days!) for asylees & unsheltered folks. See this little girl & her mom who just got their first clean shower in a long time!

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. William J. Barber, II, & I wanted to make loud & clear today that we need to raise the federal minimum wage to $15, we need comprehensive immigration reform, we need election integrity with the full restoration and expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act

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The ones who nourish my soul on a daily basis! B"H.

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