Torah teaches Black lives matter. Torah teaches all lives matter. This truth has resonated around the world with non-Jews and Jews who are Black, indigenous and people of color and Jews who aren’t. Movements and political positions come and go, but the truth of Torah is eternal.
While the truth of Torah is beyond time and space, we are called to live out our faith in a particular, often messy context, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, the civil rights movement of our day. Future generations will look at how we met this challenge, to be true witnesses of a holy God. Our positive witness will be seen and replicated across the globe. Fortunately, the American Black Jewish partnership provides an example of doing this. The civil rights movement consisted of a diverse coalition of participants communists, Black nationalists, Black power advocates, revolutionaries and Christians, among many others.
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A man wearing a kippah holds a sign reading Jews for Black Lives at the weekly Black Lives Matter Jackie Lacey Must Go! protest in front of the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles, California, September 9, 2020 (VALERIE MACON / AFP)
Torah teaches that Black lives matter. Torah Teaches that all lives matter. This truth has resonated around the world with non-Jews and Jews who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and Jews who aren’t. Movements and political positions come and go, but the truth of Torah is eternal. While the truth of Torah is beyond time and space, we are called to live out our faith in a particular, often messy context, such as the Black Lives Matter movement,