Central Ohio Jews for Justice, Kehilat Sukkat Shalom, and Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Cincinnati will sponsor a virtual screening and discussion of the short film 40 Days of Teshuvah. Email Central Ohio Jews For Justice to register and receive the Zoom link.
This film offers a powerful model for integrating Jewish spiritual tools and technologies like prayer, teshuva and Mussar into the work of social change in general and racial justice in particular. The short film, by director and producer Hannah Roodman, documents last summer’s 40 Days of Teshuvah action in Grand Army Plaza. Yehudah Webster and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) protested for 40 days culminating with Tisha B’Av 2020. This demonstration came to being after the brutal murder of George Floyd and the racial justice uprising last summer. For 40 Days, organizers cried out to the heavens, blew the shofar, and mourned the destruction of black and brown bodies at the hands of the racist systems that exist today.