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June 2023

June 06, 2023

Of Comings, Goings, and Jewish Goodbyes

By Rav Hazzan Ken Richmond Parashat Beha’alotecha (Numbers 8:1-12:16) I participate in morning minyan at my synagogue almost...

May 2023

May 30, 2023

Hidden in Plain Sight

By Heather Renetzky Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89) The first time I ever read Parashat Naso was in...

May 23, 2023

Becoming Torah

By Rabbi Avi Strausberg `15  A Drasha for Shavuot As a rabbi and someone who genuinely loves learning...

May 15, 2023

Dolphin Skins and Aluminum Foil: A Legacy of Wanderers

By Rabbi Shira Shazeer Parashat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) I don’t like packing. While there is something...

May 09, 2023

On Fear…

By Rabbi Becky Silverstein Parashat Behar-Bechukotai (Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34) Being human is not easy. I...

May 02, 2023

Speaking of Death at Sinai and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

By Rabbi Joey Glick Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) Mr. Rogers, Daniel Tiger, God, and Moses...

April 2023

April 24, 2023

Invitation to Holiness

By Rabbi Avi Killip Parashat Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27) Parashat Kedoshim is beautiful and very full. There is...

April 18, 2023

Sensing and Making Sense

By Jessica Spencer Parashat Tazria-Metzora (Leviticus 12:1-15:33) Our bodies, with their many sensations, their flaws and...

April 10, 2023

Listen, Drop The Story

By David Mahfouda Parashat Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47) Last spring I taught a class about creative practice...

April 03, 2023

No More Miracles

By Rabbi Avi Strausberg Pesach / Passover In our early days of courting in New...

March 2023

March 28, 2023

Sustaining Eternal Flames

By Rabbi Frankie Sandmel RS ‘22 Parashat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36) A favorite song—or, songs, actually—in...

March 21, 2023

Repairing the Damage

By Rabbi Leora Abelson Parashat Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26) Grace Lee Boggs, a legendary Detroit community...

March 14, 2023

The Role of the Wise Heart

By Emmanuel Cantor  Parashat Vayak’hel-Pekudei (Exodus 35:1-40:38) I vividly remember being in my third-grade Jewish day...

March 06, 2023

Where Was Miriam?

By Leah Carnow Parashat Ki Tissa (Exodus 30:11-34:35) It was asked of the episode of...

February 2023

February 27, 2023

Israel’s Ancient Ouija Board

By Rabbi Neal Gold Parashat Tetzaveh 5783 (Exodus 27:20-30:10) One of the great religious questions in every...

February 24, 2023

Van Halen, Brown M&Ms, & Parashat Terumah

Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19) Have you heard the mashal (parable) about Van Halen and the brown...

February 13, 2023

Moses and Joshua Halfway up the Mountain

By Rafi Ellenson Parashat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18) It was as a teenager in a dingy hotel...

February 07, 2023

Image as Portal to God

By Rabbi Adina Allen Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23) This week, in Parashat Yitro, at the foot of...

February 01, 2023

Leading with Love

By Heather Renetzky Parashat Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16) When I first learned the meaning of the words...

January 2023

January 23, 2023

Other People’s Old People, and Other People’s Kids

By Rav Hazzan Ken Richmond Parashat Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16) Years ago, I brought a teen klezmer band on...

January 17, 2023

Hello, Pharaoh, My Old Friend

By Rabbi Yael Werber Parashat Va’era (Exodus 6:2-9:35) Last night, I put a record on while...

January 10, 2023

The Borrowed Son

By Naomi Gurt Lind Parashat Shmot (Exodus 1:1-6:1) PROLOGUE I was sitting in a women’s Torah...

January 03, 2023

Fierce Legacy Work

By Rabbi Mónica Gomery Parashat Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26) This dvar Torah is written in loving...

December 2022

December 27, 2022

Facing God and Ourselves

By Rabbi David Maayan Parashat Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27) Parashat Vayigash takes its name from Yehudah’s act of...

December 19, 2022

Divine Light and Human Hands: A Mystical Teaching on Hanukkah

By Rabbi Or Rose This post is an updated version of the author’s 2010 essay...

December 12, 2022

Dangerous Gifts—the Origin of Joseph’s Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

By Rav Rachel Adelman Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23) Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other...

December 06, 2022

The Burden of Miracles

By Rabbi Avi Killip  Parashat Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43) Have you ever wished for a miracle? Was...

November 2022

November 29, 2022

Daring to Dream

By Rabbi Max Edwards Parashat Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) At the beginning of Parashat Vayetze, Jacob...

November 22, 2022

Why Is It? Why This?!

Parashat Toledot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) Among the many crises that have been developing over the last several...

November 15, 2022

Blessings in Winter

Parashat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18) After Sarah’s burial, the narrative of the Torah returns to Abraham....

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