 | The Israelite freedom from Egyptian slavery is the liberation story of Western civilization. African-American slaves and later citizens living under Jim Crow mapped their journey to the Israelites journey. Liberation theology is the paradigm theology of everyone who would be free – who seek freedom whether from literal bondage or in emotional and spiritual life. Yet often we forget that our enslaved ancestors' Biblical journey from bondage to liberation began not at the Sea of Reeds, not at the literal release from Egypt, not with the Ten Plagues, and not even with the Burning Bush. It began far earlier, in the most unlikely of places. |
 Rabbi David offered clarion-call words of blessing at the Interfaith Council's "Longest Night" memorial tribute, honoring the homeless and unseen who died on our local streets in the year 2023. The Interfaith Council of Southwestern Connecticut unites faith leaders and faith communities in common cause on matters of spirit-infused care and advocacy.
By Rabbi David Evan Markus
Matot-Masei 5783 (2023) We've heard it over and over, like the opening of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Depending on where we look around us, we see either beauty or devastation, despair or hope. Now is exactly the time that Torah, and our spiritual calendar, call us to begin seeing it all so that we can begin healing it. We need to see where we've been to know where we're going.
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