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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Spiritual Director, Peace and Justice Educator, Teacher of Mussar, and Author
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Jul 74 min read
The Land Belongs to God
I can only dream of what would happen if both peoples said to one another, "You know, the land doesn't really belong to either of us."
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Apr 193 min read
Every Year We Must See Ourselves as if We Were There
As Jews, we must remember that we were slaves in Egypt. As Americans, we a part of the chain of history that includes the horrors of slavery
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Mar 281 min read
Reflections on the Conservative/Masorti Racial Justice Pilgrimage
Leaders of the Conservative Movement reflect on our recent Racial Justice Pilgrimage
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Sep 4, 20231 min read
Jewish Wisdom on Reparations and Teshuvah
(Image from KQED) I'm proud to say that I recently published a piece on Jewish wisdom on reparations, with reference to the work of the...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Aug 7, 20223 min read
Mourning the Loss of Temples, Ancient and Contemporary
(image from https://www.ritmeyer.com/2020/07/31/https-www-youtube-com-watchvy5vuox09ryw/) I have been listening to a lot of lament in...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Jun 21, 20224 min read
The Torah and Poor People
The Rev. William Barber (left) and the Rev. Liz Theoharis, co-chairs of the Poor People's Campaign, lead a demonstration outside the U.S....
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Apr 7, 20223 min read
The Four Children and Racial Justice
The Maggid section of the Haggadah imagines four distinct children, each with their own response to the Passover story. Many of us have...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Mar 14, 20224 min read
The Tiny Aleph Calls us to Recognize our Privilege
(Image from https://www.boundless.org/faith/how-to-empty-your-cup-and-find-humility/) This week’s parashah, Vayikra, contains a famously...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Jul 11, 20213 min read
Our Journey through COVID
What a journey it has been through this unimaginable year and a half. The loss of so many loved ones, the collapse of our treasured...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Jan 22, 20213 min read
Unity or Beloved Community?
Will President Biden's call for unity lead to a betrayal of his commitment to racial and economic justice?
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Sep 24, 20203 min read
Who by Virus and Who by Fire?
I’m so grateful that I don’t read the words of the machzor (High Holiday prayerbook) literally. If I believed that there were an...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Jun 12, 20203 min read
Sound the Trumpets of Justice for All
I can only hope that the agony of these weeks will serve as a sound of the trumpets, awakening our nation to the institutional racism.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Jan 18, 20203 min read
The Balance between Righteousness and Self-Righteousness
Ometz lev is a quality of willingness to speak truth to power and also a quality of the heart: strength tempered by love and gentleness.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Aug 25, 20193 min read
In these trying times, what are we to do? Here's an answer from Torah.
We must arise from our posture of humility in order to practice transformative love, emulate God’s ways and spend our lives in service.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Aug 16, 20193 min read
Why This Rabbi Protested U.S. Immigration Policy on Tish'a B'av
I have been to many demonstrations at Palo Alto City Hall. But there was something special about the one on Aug. 11, for Tish'a B'Av.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
May 8, 20193 min read
Scapegoats on the Streets of San Francisco
This year I can visualize the scapegoat being cast out by the community, because I have seen it on the streets of San Francisco.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Mar 29, 20193 min read
An Answer to What Ails Our Society
Still aching from the horror of the massacre at the mosques in New Zealand, I found myself at a remarkable gathering last week. It was...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Oct 19, 20183 min read
Reeling from my journey into America's ugly past
I just returned from a sacred pilgrimage. The place was the new National Memorial of Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum in...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Jun 27, 20184 min read
You are Not Alone
It was late on Friday afternoon, and I was on my way to a Catholic church, where I would soon lead Shabbat candle-lighting for a large...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Jun 7, 20181 min read
Separating Children From Their Families Flies in the Face of Biblical Values
Think of a young child whom you love. Remember a time when your beloved child was tired, hungry or uncomfortable. What did she do?...
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