Righteous Remembrance
Pilgrimage is about bearing witness to the past, in the present, while gazing into the future, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg, and working toward justice in Baltimore is becoming better acquainted with its history.
Read morePilgrimage is about bearing witness to the past, in the present, while gazing into the future, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg, and working toward justice in Baltimore is becoming better acquainted with its history.
Read moreThe principle of relational justice is a fundamentally Jewish teaching, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.
Read moreFairness and failure walk a fine line in the pursuit of justice, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.
Read moreRabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg of Reservoir Hill’s Beth Am Synagogue has been thinking a lot about how Jews with white skin ought to feel about their whiteness.
Read moreWhen we find the world is burning, we don’t have the right to simply give up, writes Beth Am’s Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.
Read moreCivility is important, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg, but we can’t allow it to mask the need for truth, reconciliation and justice.
Read moreShould those who live in cities make a Faustian bargain to fight the tide against urban life, asks Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.
Read moreRabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg is proud of the way Beth Am’ers and others in the Jewish community showed up during the Baltimore Uprising following the death of Freddie Gray five years ago, but, like Wes Moore, he also has regrets for what he was not able to do.
Read moreWe must be more attentive to the ground on which we stand, writes Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg.
Read moreHow do we measure “good” neighborhoods from “bad” ones, asks Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg, and change our perceptions of urban Baltimore?
Read moreRabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg says humanity’s worth stretches well beyond what we mere mortals can see in our daily lives.
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