At the Confluence of Ritual & Activism

Originally published as part of T’ruah’s (M)Oral Torah series for Parshat Shmini Last week, I found and re-read the d’var Torah I offered when I became a bat mitzvah. In the 40-plus years since reading from Leviticus on that day, I have continued to wrestle with the relevance of its ancient rituals to our modern experience. This year, I am…