Human Dignity & Compassion
Seeds of Compassion
What concrete steps can we take today to tend and cultivate the compassion within us for other human beings, to make the world a better place?
Trees, plants, and the seeds they start from, are a metaphor for life, growth and renewal. Just as seeds need proper light, water, food and caring to grow, so do humans. We need to dig deep, find the compassion to care about each person and ensure that they have the freedom and conditions to survive and to thrive. Compassion, justice and love are core Jewish and human values. We must act in order to tend our “compassion muscles.” Compassion is not finite, it energizes and enables others to pay it forward.
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Rachel Goldberg Speech at the United Nations in Geneva, on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. December 12, 2023
Dedicate this activity in honor of
Sudthisak Rinthalak
Sudthisak was abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri. He was murdered on October 7, 2023, while working in the orchards near the kibbutz. On May 16, 2024, the IDF spokesperson announced that his family had been informed he was killed on October 7th, and that his body was being held by Hamas.
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