The Fast I Desire

Almost three thousand years ago, the Prophet Isaiah asked a simple, earth-shaking question - “Is such the fast I desire?”

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With a Jewish community in the throes of prayer and self-negation on Yom Kippur, he saw past the walls of the temple to the poor starving in the streets, the workers oppressed, and the stranger unhoused and attacked.

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In his Yom Kippur Haftarah, Isaiah makes it clear that God does not want a fast of “people starving their bodies,” but one of “sharing our bread with the hungry.”

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HaShem does not want a Yom Kippur simply of negation and ritual, but of direct service and justice. The fast God desires, Isaiah claims, is one of abundance, not affliction.

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Three thousand years later, we are making those words live in Jewish communities throughout the country - through Direct Action and Direct Service on and around Yom Kippur.

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Join us by following the links above, or getting in contact below. Let's earn our place (be"h) in the Book of Life together the old fashioned way - through protest, radical resource redistribution, and rebellious disobedience to the status quo.