Tashlich Tzedek on September 29 at 3:00

[Susan Landau]

Philadelphia Jews for a Just Peace invites you to participate in our work of spiritual reclamation.  Please join us for our annual Tashlich Tzedek.

 

Date:  Thursday, September 29, the first day of Rosh Hashanah

Time: 3:00 PM

 

Location:  Martin Luther King Drive (West River Dr.) along the Schukyll River Park near the disabled rowing club. South of Montgomery, right near Black Road. We will post signs for parking.

 

Each Rosh Hashanah, PJJP members and our allies gather for Tashlich Tzedek, a  ritual that is both spiritual and political.  Tashlich is a traditional Jewish ceremony at the Jewish New Year when we cast off the sins of the previous year by casting symbolic stones into a body of moving water. 

 

Borrowing from this tradition,  we gather with a shared  communal intention:   to cast off the sins of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, to disavow the injustices being committed in our names, and to pledge to work for justice and peace in Palestine/Israel in the year to come. 

 

This unique tashlich (casting away) ritual uses poetry, songs, and readings from Jewish tradition to help us focus on our responsibilities as Jews and as US citizens. We'll name the sins/realities of this Occupation and ritually cast them away, opening space in our own lives to continue to work toward peace with justice in Palestine and Israel.

 

For a year made sweet by our acts of tikkun olam,

Philadelphia Jews for a Just Peace

[Hannah Schwarzschild]

Philadelphia Jews for a Just Peace invites you to join us for  

Tashlich Tzedek, a political and spiritual ritual.

 

Date:  Thursday, September 29, the first day of Rosh Hashanah

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM

 

Location:  Martin Luther King Drive (West River Dr.) along the Schukyll River Park near the Disabled Rowing Club. South of Montgomery, right near Black Road. We will post signs for parking.

 

Each Rosh Hashanah, PJJP members and our allies gather for Tashlich Tzedek, a  ritual that is both spiritual and political.  Tashlich is a traditional ceremony at the Jewish New Year when individually we cast off the sins of the previous year by casting symbolic bread, paper, or stones into a body of moving water. 

 

Borrowing from this tradition, we gather with a shared intention: to cast off the sins of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, to disavow the injustices being committed in our names, and to pledge to work for justice and peace in Palestine/Israel in the year to come. 

 

This unique Tashlich (casting) ritual uses poetry, songs, and readings from Jewish tradition to help us focus on our responsibilities as Jews and as U.S. citizens. We'll name the sins/realities of the Israeli Occupation and ritually cast them away, opening space in our own lives to continue to work toward peace with justice.

All people of conscience are invited to join us.

 

For a year made sweet by our acts of tikkun olam -- the repair and healing of our broken world,