Rabbi Moti spoke on combining our faith into our advocacy ("active citizenship") for community and world issues.
Isaiah 58:6-12
Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to share thy bread with the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house?—when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him, and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He shall say, ‘Here I am.’ If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the pointing of the finger and speaking vanity, and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise in darkness and thy gloom be as the noonday. And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters fail not. And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations, and thou shalt be called the Repairer of the Breach, the Restorer of Paths to dwell in.
Luke 4:14:21 14
Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news about him spread throughout
the whole countryside.15 He taught in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. 16 Jesus went to Nazareth, where he had been raised. On the Sabbath he went to the synagogue as he normally did and stood up to read. 17 The synagogue assistant gave him the scroll from the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to liberate the oppressed, 19 and to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
20 He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the synagogue assistant, and sat down. Every eye in the synagogue was fixed on him. 21 He began to explain to them, “Today, this scripture has been fulfilled just as you heard it.”
Dr. King said the greatest challenges facing our nation were the “terrible triplets” of racism, poverty, and violence. These, along with climate disruption, form the basis of the mission of Kansas Interfaith Action, a statewide, faith-based advocacy organization. Rabbi Moti Rieber, executive director of KIFA, will join us to share the vision of the organization and how we can join together with people of faith and conscience throughout Kansas to “put faith into action” in support of moral public policy in Kansas.
Rabbi Moti Rieber is the Executive Director of Kansas Interfaith Action, a statewide, multifaith, issueadvocacy organization that “puts faith into action” on racial, economic, and climate justice issues. He is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote, PA, and has lived in Kansas since 2007. A lifelong activist on peace, social justice, and environmental issues, Reb Moti brings a variety of congregational, interfaith, and organizational experience to the work of Kansas Interfaith Action. Reb Moti
and his wife, Suzy, have three young-adult children and live in Overland Park.
Dr. King said the greatest challenges facing our nation were the “terrible triplets” of racism, poverty, and violence. These, along with climate disruption, form the basis of the mission of Kansas Interfaith Action, a statewide, faith-based advocacy organization. Rabbi Moti Rieber, executive director of KIFA, will join us to share the vision of the organization and how we can join together with people of faith and conscience throughout Kansas to “put faith into action” in support of moral public policy in Kansas.