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Sermon

1 year ago • Mar 25, 2023

We Were Strangers, Too

By
Rabbi Hannah Jensen

Parashat Vayikra Sermon. Right now we find ourselves approaching Passover where we are reminded of our oppression and slavery in Egypt and our eventual path toward freedom. This year it’s coinciding with proposed new national policies to turn away more asylum seekers are our borders. How can we reconcile what is happening now with our own central narrative as a people who left everything to seek freedom? What lessons can we learn about how to use our voices to fight for more justice?

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