Rabbi Cat's Musings, Teachings, and Press
My soul cries in gratitude for the brave clarity of your impactful interview on The Marc Steiner Show. Thank you for speaking truth to power and wisdom to soul. Thank you for being the shining light leading the way to kindness and compassion.
"Rabbi Cat’s observations about Palestine and the genocide, I believe, represent the absolute pinnacle of the Jewish ethical tradition. This is what Tikkun has always been about."
Teachings and Press
Steadfast Resistance Under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine
WagingNonviolence.org
(February 2026)
Prophetic Empathy & Revolutionary Love
Sacred Inclusion Network
(April 2023)
Spirituality and Social Justice
Podcast Interview with Angelo Lewis (April 2023)
Rabbinic Ordination
Smicha/Ordination Ceremony
(January 2023)
Yom Kippur Day 2021 – Haftorah
Isaiah, read and translated by Cat Zavis
Prophetic Empathy with Cat Zavis
Aquarian Minyan
(March 2023)
Torah Study
Celebration of Cat's ordination as a Jewish Renewal Rabbi (January 2023)
Imagine with Us
Podcast with Rabbi Michael Lerner and Rabbi Cat Zavis
What would Isaiah say today?
(Yom Kippur 2020)
We Have Built an Unethical World – Now We’re Reaping Environmental Disaster
Tikkun Magazine
(September 2020)
A Cry from the Heart: A Response from Beyond
Tikkun Magazine
(May 2019)
Prophetic Empathy
Tikkun magazine
(December 2018)
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Love Knows No Borders
Tikkun Magazine
(December 2018)
Affirming Difference, Embracing Unity
Tikkun Magazine
(April 2018)
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Religious Panel
Cat Zavis speaks at Marianne Williamson's Sister Giant Conference
(February 2017)
Psalm 23: A Psalm to Inspire and Support Social Justice Activists
Tikkun magazine
(January 2017)
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Sarah and Hagar
How Reimagining the Torah Story That Jews Around the World Read on the First Day of Rosh Hashanah Can Empower All of Us to Action - Tikkun magazine (October 2016)
More Blood Flowing, Will It Ever End?
Tikkun Magazine
(July 2016)
Building a Progressive Spiritual Movement
Tikkun Magazine
(May 2016)
Interview on Collaborative Law
Part 1
(August 2014)
Interview on Collaborative Law
Part 2
(August 2014)
A Cosmic Prayer
Realizing Our Interconnection
(April 2014)
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I am a Christian minister at a local church and I learn so much from reading Beyt Tikkun. I use quotes from Rabbi Cat and references to your work in my preaching and conversation with church folks. Thank you for your steadfast witness to hope and justice.
I can’t even express how much it means to hear you speak and how your loving, kind, and gentle manner is so intertwined with your commitment to social justice and peace.
Musings
Rabbi Cat’s Musings on May Day: Jewish Tradition on Economics & Worker’s Rights
Rabbi Cat’s Musings on When the Palace Is Not Safe: Purim, Patriarchy, and the Cost of Proximity to Power
Rabbi Cat’s Musings on Parsha Noach: Falsehood, Misfortune, and the Hope for Peace
Planting Seeds of Justice and Hope – Rabbi Cat’s Musings on Parsha Bereshit
Calling Forth a Judaism Beyond Zionism – Rabbi Cat’s Musings on High Holidays in a Time of Genocide
Torah, Teshuva & the Pursuit of Justice — Rabbi Cat’s Musings on Parsha Shoftim
The Loving Energy Within All of Us – Rabbi Cat’s Musings on Parsha Vaethchanan
What Makes a Holy Challenge? – Rabbi Cat’s Musings on Parsha Korach
Not Leadership. Tyranny. – Rabbi Cat’s Musings on Parsha Beha’alotcha 5785
Every Life Counts – Rabbi Cat’s Musings on Parsha Bamidbar 5785
Rabbi Cat’s musings on Parsha Shemini
Rabbi Cat’s musings on Parsha Pekudei
Rabbi Cat’s Musings on Parsha Vayakhel
Rabbi Cat’s musings on Parsha Tetzaveh 5785
Rabbi Cat’s Musings on Parsha Yitro
Rabbi Cat’s musings on parsha Vayechi 5785
Rabbi Cat’s musings on parsha Miketz 5785
Rabbi Cat’s musings on parsha Vayishlach 5785
R’Cat”s musings on parshat Toldot 5785
Rabbi Cat’s musings on Parsha Chayei Sarah 5785
