In 2016, in my capacity as a Rabbi, I chaperoned a Jewish youth-leadership event on social-justice issues. During the program, a teenage boy approached me with a memorable observation. “I might not know that much Torah,” he said, “but I certainly can't believe that every issue in the world comes under the general heading of ‘Justice, justice, shall you pursue.'”
He had picked up on a disturbing truth: For years now, liberal Jews have been teaching a Judaism of slogans. And these slogans are all of a particular political bent.
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