Not Leadership. Tyranny. – Rabbi Cat’s Musings on Parsha Beha’alotcha 5785

Jun 13, 2025

In a week filled with so much devastation and violence, Rabbi Cat offers a fierce and tender drash on Parsha Beha’alotcha. What happens when those in power respond to fear, hunger, and protest with rage, punishment, and tyranny?

This teaching invites us to look unflinchingly at state violence today—from Israel’s weaponization of hunger to the criminalization of protest in the U.S. And it calls us, as Jews and people of conscience, to resist. To feed the hungry. To build a different world.

📌 Join the campaign for food justice in Gaza: FoodAidForGaza.org
📌 Donate if you can: Support the Gaza Soup Kitchen providing meals on the ground.

Shabbat Shalom.

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Rabbi Cat Zavis

Rabbi Cat Zavis

Rabbi Cat Zavis is a passionate shaper of Jewish rituals and services that inspire and draw connections between the spiritual, personal, and political. She is a spiritual social justice activist, attorney, and visionary leader with over 20 years experience in empathic and people-centered leadership and collaboration.
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