‘Being woke is the most Jewish thing’

“I am #woke because being woke is the most #Jewish thing there is. And for Jews it means playing a dual role. …

“Jews are not truly white, but yet in a way many of us are, particularly those of us who are light-pigmented. Some of us are both and so we must wear the yoke of oppressor and the oppressed. This is the essence of Judaism and the universalism of the prophets. …

“As an open orthodox #Rabbi, I agree that there are walls in #halacha but walls can be torn down and rebuilt. They can be remodeled and repainted. Social justice is the most halachic thing a religious Jew can do in Israel, Europe, or the USA — which has still not overcome her legacy of lynchings and Jim Crow.”

— Benyamin Zahav

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-rabbi-says-tis-jewish-to-be-woke/