AI Chet prompts 1-6 :
for the sins of silence...

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Prompt One

White Jews Learning Track

READ: Rabbi Mira Rivera – “Ricardo Hylton- Say His Name…”

 

SEE: Conversations of the Heart: An Anti-racism Photo Elegy by Rabbi Mira Rivera of Romemu

 

LISTEN: Patrisse Cullors Robert Moss and Krista Tippett On Being

 

REFLECT & JOURNAL: Consider the last several times you used the pronoun “WE” in reference to the Jewish people, how multiracial and multicultural was your intent? How might you use a more inclusive “WE” to embrace the grief and loss of our collective Jewish experience over ongoing racial injustice in the US? Ask yourself this week:

  1. How am I connecting to Black people and Black experiences in ways that enable me to carry their stories with accountability? How am I connecting to the joy, the suffering and the humanity of Black People?
  2. How am I maturing my relationship to Torah and Spirituality by reimagining how I use we in reference to Jewish wisdom, texts and liturgy? See “The Torah of Beyonce”
  3. How might I use “we” differently this week to help me lead out of vulnerability and model imperfection as I seek change?

 

Black, Indigenous, Sephardi/Mizrachi and More Broadly Identified Jews of Color Learning Track

 

REFLECT: How might you use the pronoun I/We differently to connect your JOC identity to a deeper sense of value for yourself, your family, your spirituality, your connections to and your relationships with others? The singer, and star of “The Color Purple” Cynthia Erivo asks you to imagine that your voice is her voice. Read the words here and sing them with Cynthia. What comes up for you that relates to your anti-racist practice of self-love?

Prompt One