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The High Holiday season has been especially heavy this year, as we continue to face the Trump regime’s cruelty, a government shutdown, and news of a horrifying attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in the U.K. yesterday. This comes just days after a deadly attack at a church in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan.

I find solace in Jewish traditions and practice that give us the resilience to continue to build toward a better future, even — and especially — in moments like this.

This coming week, Jews across the country will gather together with their friends, families, neighbors, and extended communities in sukkahs. These little houses are intentionally open air, open-walled, and open to all. This holiday of radical hospitality models what our movements are fighting for — a country that is truly for all of us.

While some try to use division and fear to divide us, we know that we are safest and best able to thrive together. That’s why this Sukkot, Bend the Arc leaders everywhere are invited to join with others who share our values and fight to make radical hospitality real in our country, no exceptions.

Join us to:

📞 Talk to other Jews about important issues, like stopping the use of Jewish pain and fear to attack our freedoms. Sign up for our next phonebank this coming Monday, October 6. <[link removed]>

❤️ Learn with HIAS how to be involved in a national accompaniment network to support immigrants and their families on Thursday, October 16. RSVP to join us for Values in Action: Accompanying and Supporting Our Immigrant Neighbors. <[link removed]>

🪧 March in the streets at the next No Kings Day on Saturday, October 18 to demand a government that represents us all. Find a No Kings event near you. <[link removed]>*

We will not hide away or be silenced in the face of violence, authoritarianism, and very real threats to our safety and our country. We will show up again and again as Jews, in solidarity with all communities under attack, to show that we will not be pitted against each other.

Together, we will build the country we know we deserve.


Shabbat shalom,

Rachel Laforest
Chief Campaigns Officer, Bend the Arc


* We know that for some people, taking action on Shabbat is part of their Jewish practice while others are unable to do so. Please do whatever feels right for you. 

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