Women's History Month invocation
This is the invocation that I will deliver tomorrow at the Camp Arifjan, Kuwait Women's History Month luncheon-
WE COME TOGETHER THIS MORNING IN A SPIRIT OF PRIDE AND CELEBRATION, HONORING THE WOMEN WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US AND RECOGNIZING THEIR DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE. ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS, AS THE WORLD CAME INTO BEING, WOMEN WERE FORMED AS THE PINNACLE OF CREATION. SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE STRUGGLED FOR RECOGNITION IN A MAN’S WORLD. WE GIVE THANKS FOR HAVING LIVED TO REACH A TIME WHERE WOMEN ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE ALL THAT WE CAN BE, AND WHERE WE ARE EACH FREE TO PURSUE OUR PASSIONS AND OUR DREAMS. IN 1851, IN AN ADDRESS TO THE AKRON WOMEN’S CONVENTION, SOJOURNER TRUTH NOTED THAT, “IF THE FIRST WOMAN GOD EVER MADE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN ALONE, THESE WOMEN TOGETHER OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO TURN IT BACK, AND GET IT RIGHT SIDE UP AGAIN.” TOGETHER, MAY WE MERIT TO TURN IT RIGHT SIDE UP AGAIN. WE PRAY FOR OUR SISTERS EVERYWHERE, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEPLOYED IN HARM’S WAY- MAY THEY BE BLESSED WITH STRENGTH, COURAGE AND SAFETY. WE GIVE THANKS FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE PARTNERS IN BUILDING A JUST AND FAIR SOCIETY, WHERE EVERY PERSON, REGARDLESS OF GENDER, CAN FULFILL HIS OR HER OWN UNIQUE DESTINY.
WE COME TOGETHER THIS MORNING IN A SPIRIT OF PRIDE AND CELEBRATION, HONORING THE WOMEN WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US AND RECOGNIZING THEIR DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE. ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS, AS THE WORLD CAME INTO BEING, WOMEN WERE FORMED AS THE PINNACLE OF CREATION. SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE STRUGGLED FOR RECOGNITION IN A MAN’S WORLD. WE GIVE THANKS FOR HAVING LIVED TO REACH A TIME WHERE WOMEN ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE ALL THAT WE CAN BE, AND WHERE WE ARE EACH FREE TO PURSUE OUR PASSIONS AND OUR DREAMS. IN 1851, IN AN ADDRESS TO THE AKRON WOMEN’S CONVENTION, SOJOURNER TRUTH NOTED THAT, “IF THE FIRST WOMAN GOD EVER MADE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN ALONE, THESE WOMEN TOGETHER OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO TURN IT BACK, AND GET IT RIGHT SIDE UP AGAIN.” TOGETHER, MAY WE MERIT TO TURN IT RIGHT SIDE UP AGAIN. WE PRAY FOR OUR SISTERS EVERYWHERE, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEPLOYED IN HARM’S WAY- MAY THEY BE BLESSED WITH STRENGTH, COURAGE AND SAFETY. WE GIVE THANKS FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE PARTNERS IN BUILDING A JUST AND FAIR SOCIETY, WHERE EVERY PERSON, REGARDLESS OF GENDER, CAN FULFILL HIS OR HER OWN UNIQUE DESTINY.
Posted by Rabbi Bonnie Koppell at 3/28/2010 10:19 AM 
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