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Friend,
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.
❤️ 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.
🪧 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.*
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,
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