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A classmate posts on FB the following:
“I wanted to share that for RH morning at my synagogue, we read Greta Thunberg's recent UN speech as a modern prophet in place of the Haftarah reading. We still did the traditional blessings before and after. It was SO POWERFUL.”
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“I wanted to share that for RH morning at my synagogue, we read Greta Thunberg's recent UN speech as a modern prophet in place of the Haftarah reading. We still did the traditional blessings before and after. It was SO POWERFUL.”
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“People have not stopped talking about how powerful and emotional it was, and how they finally understand what a prophetic reading is. If anyone is interested I can share more about it, or if you want encouragement for doing this on YK as an additional/alternate haftarah!”
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“The teens had left after the 1st aliyah for the Teen Discussion, and it was incredibly powerful read by an adult voice (happened to be the mother of a college student) and having adults confront and hear in this way.”
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”My sermon was also about Childhood (how we are destroying it) and there were strong themes of immigration justice (kids in cages) and climate issues, and I used Highlights magazine's June cover (with kids in cages) as the evocative hook to deconstruct.”
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This ends in the destruction of the Jewish souls under such guidance - whether in this generation or the next. It’s rabbinic malpractice. Of course, if those congregants never understood prophetic readings before, maybe they’re used to that.
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