from Religion News Service article:
As Jews gather in synagogues to mark Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, they will hear the blast of the shofar or ram’s horn, a mournful shriek intended to wake them up.
This year, that wake-up call may be louder than usual.
Rabbis have always seen their High Holy Day sermons as an opportunity to deliver a potent and impassioned plea during the year’s most sacred season and at a time when sanctuaries are filled to capacity.
But this year rabbis across the spectrum say they feel a particular urgency to rouse their congregants to action. In the nine months since President Trump took office, the Muslim travel ban, the attempted repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the rescinding of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program and most especially the anti-Semitic Charlottesville, Va., protest have forced many congregational leaders to rethink the rules.
“It’s clear to almost every rabbi in this country across the movements that you can’t be neutral. You have to take a side,” said Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. “There’s no way to hide from the issues this year.”
http://religionnews.com/2017/09/18/this-rosh-hashanah-a-passionate-call-to-action/
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