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"D'ror/Liberation in Parshat Behar"

In the yovel year, we're told in parshat Behar, the enslaved go free; the Hebrew word d'ror refers to this release, and to liberty itself. What can this concept of d'ror mean in our own time and in contemporary terms? Who deserves release and why? Who has the obligation to call for it? How might it happen? We'll look at traditional and contemporary Jewish sources in our consideration of the fundamental problem of the degradation of human beings and of our purpose in the world.


Rabbi Salem Pearce (she/her) is the Rabbinic Peer Educator at T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. She was ordained by Hebrew College Rabbinical School in 2018 and previously served as Executive Director of Carolina Jews for Justice and the Director of Organizing at T’ruah. She is a noted speaker and writer on immigration and the Jewish community, and her writing has appeared in JTA, Ha'aretz, Sojourners, and Sh'ma. While in school, she was a student fellow with Rabbis Without Borders, American Jewish World Service, and T'ruah. Rabbi Salem lives in Durham with her many plants and her cat, Akiva.

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