Jewish Liberation Theology Institute

Jewish Liberation Theology Institute JeLiThIn empowers the Jewish movement in solidarity with Palestine. We do this by making Jewish tradition relevant politically and spiritually.

Torah was never meant to be studied alone.But many of us feel spiritually & politically homeless in mainstream Jewish sp...
03/16/2026

Torah was never meant to be studied alone.

But many of us feel spiritually & politically homeless in mainstream Jewish spaces — especially when speaking out for Palestinian liberation and against genocide.

JeLiThIn’s Parashat HaShavua Group is a small online space for anti-Zionist Jews to read, question, and wrestle with the weekly parasha together — no hiding, no censorship.

This Thursday we start the Book of Leviticus: an ancient manual on how human beings draw near to the Divine.

If you're longing for community + Torah learning aligned with your values, apply now.

Deadline: Wednesday midnight!

Apply here:

Do you yearn for a sense of belonging and acceptance in a Jewish community that allows you to express your politics and values without compromise?

03/08/2026
(español sigue después del inglés) As we prepare to begin the Book of Exodus, I want to invite you to join us to read it...
01/04/2026

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As we prepare to begin the Book of Exodus, I want to invite you to join us to read it together.

Why Exodus, and why read together?

Exodus begins with a system that normalizes mass death.
With a ruler who frames genocide as security.
With laws designed to erase a people quietly, efficiently, and without witnesses.

And it begins with ordinary people, in particular women, who refuse to comply.

The midwives who disobey orders.
Pharaoh’s daughter who rejects the logic of empire.
Moses’ sister and wife, who save life without waiting for permission.

Exodus teaches that liberation does not begin with leaders or miracles.
It begins when people recognize one another, take risks for one another, and refuse to internalize the stories empire tells about inevitability.

That kind of reading cannot happen alone.

JeLiThIn’s Parashat HaShavua Group exists because Torah was never meant to be studied in isolation, especially in times like these. We read together because community sharpens moral clarity, because collective study keeps us from despair, and because liberation has always been a shared project.

As anti-Zionist Jews, many of us have been pushed out of Jewish spaces precisely because we refuse to separate Torah from justice. JeLiThIn’s Parashat HaShavua Group is a place where those commitments are not explained away or softened. They are the starting point.

Applications are open now because we are about to begin a new book together.

We will start the Book of Exodus on Thursday, January 8
and Saturday, January 10 in Spanish.

The deadline to apply is Wednesday, January 7 at midnight.

Apply here:
https://jelithin.ca/parashat-hashavua-group.html

(English version above. / La versión en inglés está arriba.)

Mientras nos preparamos para comenzar el Libro del Éxodo, quiero invitarte a unirte a nosotros para leerlo juntos.

¿Por qué Éxodo, y por qué leerlo juntos?

Éxodo comienza con un sistema que normaliza la muerte masiva.
Con un gobernante que presenta el genocidio como seguridad.
Con leyes diseñadas para borrar a un pueblo de manera silenciosa, eficiente y sin testigos.

Y comienza también con personas comunes, en particular mujeres, que se niegan a obedecer.

Las parteras que desobedecen las órdenes.
La hija del Faraón que rechaza la lógica del imperio.
La hermana y la esposa de Moisés, que salvan la vida sin esperar permiso.

Éxodo nos enseña que la liberación no comienza con líderes ni con milagros.
Comienza cuando las personas se reconocen unas a otras, se arriesgan unas por otras y se niegan a internalizar las historias que el imperio cuenta sobre la inevitabilidad.

Ese tipo de lectura no puede hacerse en soledad.

El Grupo de Parashat HaShavua de JeLiThIn existe porque la Torá nunca estuvo destinada a estudiarse de manera aislada, especialmente en tiempos como estos. Leemos en comunidad porque la comunidad afina la claridad moral, porque el estudio colectivo nos protege de la desesperanza y porque la liberación siempre ha sido un proyecto compartido.

Como judíes antisionistas, muchos de nosotros hemos sido expulsados de espacios judíos precisamente porque nos negamos a separar la Torá de la justicia. El Grupo de Parashat HaShavua de JeLiThIn es un espacio donde esos compromisos no se diluyen ni se suavizan. Son el punto de partida.

Las solicitudes están abiertas ahora porque estamos a punto de comenzar un nuevo libro juntes.

Comenzaremos a leer el Libro del Éxodo el sábado 10 de enero
y el jueves 8 de enero en inglés.

La fecha límite para postularse es el miércoles 7 de enero a la medianoche.

Postúlate aquí:
https://jelithin.ca/parashat-hashavua-group.html

Do you yearn for a sense of belonging and acceptance in a Jewish community that allows you to express your politics and values without compromise?

WEDNESDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO APPLYOn Thursday, we begin Genesis (Beresh*t) — the story of beginnings, vulnerability, and...
10/12/2025

WEDNESDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO APPLY

On Thursday, we begin Genesis (Beresh*t) — the story of beginnings, vulnerability, and new journeys. This is your chance to start Torah study from the very beginning and, if you stay the year, read the entire Torah with us.

JeLiThIn’s Parashat HaShavua Group is a non-Zionist, inclusive, and supportive community. We meet weekly on Zoom, in small groups, and in both English and Spanish, creating space for reflection, connection, and conversation.

Apply now — registration closes on Wednesday:
👉 Join JeLiThIn’s Parashat HaShavua Group

Start at Bereish*t. Begin the journey.

Do you yearn for a sense of belonging and acceptance in a Jewish community that allows you to express your politics and values without compromise?

09/16/2025

Israel has begun a ground invasion of Gaza City, home to 1.3 million Palestinians. Israel has issued evacuation orders not just for Gaza City but also for the “humanitarian zones” that have been established. The conditions in those “humanitarian zones” are so dire many returned to the densely populated Gaza City which has been under constant siege and bombardment. The IDF has been systematically levelling buildings, including schools-turned-shelters run by the United Nations filled with displaced families. There is nowhere safe in Gaza.

As we approach the Jewish New Year, we face that in 5786 Israel intends to continue, with support from the US, Canada, and the international community, its ongoing genocide in Gaza, as well as its advance towards annexation of the West Bank.

Let us engage with our inherited Jewish practices to guide us in this time of crisis.

Let us blow the shofar of warning, awakening all people to the necessity of demanding an end to the atrocities being committed by the IDF in Gaza and the West Bank.

Let us take our fists to our hearts and connect to the heart of a Palestinian in Gaza beating for the last time; the heart of a child in Gaza struggling to pump blood due to malnutrition; the heart breaking of the parent losing their child, a child losing their parent.

Let us embrace this season of repentance as a time of Jewish communal uprising, refusing our holy days as a personal salvation, insisting every synagogue and every Jewish leader finds the courage to declare: for us to be inscribed in the book of life we must demand that Israel Let Gaza Live!

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