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August 2021

August 17, 2021

Returning to Our Neighbors—To See or Not to See?

Parshat Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19) By Rabbi Shira Shazeer | August 17, 2021 It is the...

August 09, 2021

Elul, T’shuvah, and Shame: The Eglah Arufah

Parashat Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9) By Rafi Ellenson | August 9, 2021 Now that Elul has begun, I...

August 05, 2021

Blessing, Curse, and the Freedom to Choose

Parshat Re’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17) By Rabbi Shira Shazeer | August 5, 2021 The following was...

July 2021

July 23, 2021

Take Care of Yourself

Parashat Va’etchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11) By Rabbi Minna Bromberg | July 23, 2021 So take care of...

July 13, 2021

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Parashat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1–3:22) Naomi Gurt Lind | July 13, 2021 I never get tired of saying...

July 07, 2021

Vows that Divide

Mattot-Masei (Numbers 30:2–36:13) By Rabbi Avi Killip | July 2, 2021 The first time I made a...

July 01, 2021

A Broken Peace—The Brit Shalom with Pinchas

Parashat Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1) By Rachel Adelman | June 30, 2021 I dedicate this essay to...

June 2021

June 08, 2021

Playing with Fire

Parashat Korach (Numbers 16:1–18:32) By Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg | June 8, 2021 In the year 2021, the...

June 03, 2021

Reflecting on our Journey

Parasha Shlach (Numbers 13:1–15:41) By Rabbi Daniel Klein | Jun 02, 2021 The section of the Torah...

May 2021

May 26, 2021

Relighting Our Lives this Summer

Parashat Biha’alotcha (Numbers 8:1–12:16) By Rabbi Daniel Klein | May 25, 2021 As a teenager, I was...

May 14, 2021

Serving God With and Without WiFi

Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21−7:89) By Rabbi Avi Killip | May 14, 2021 What holy work can...

May 12, 2021

Finding our way in the desert of uncertainty

Parshat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1–4:20) By Tyler Dratch | May 10, 2021 We are approaching the holiday of Shavuot,...

May 03, 2021

The Perils of Abundance

Behar-Bechukotai (Leviticus 25:1–27:34) By Matthew Schultz | May 03, 2021 The second verse of the Shema...

April 2021

April 06, 2021

When Aaron Had No Words

Leviticus 9:1-11:47 By Leah Carnow | Apr 05, 2021 There is a story told in Avot D’Rabbi Natan that when...

March 2021

March 17, 2021

The Book of Calling In

Parashat Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1–5:26) By Joey Glick | March 15, 2021 A rabbi I respect always...

March 12, 2021

Small Details and Moments of Repair

Parashat Vayakhel–Pekudei (Exodus 35:1–40:38) By Max Edwards | March 8, 2021 Over the past year I have...

March 02, 2021

Patience, Panic, and Pandemic Fatigue

Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11–34:35) By Rabbi Shira Shazeer | March 2, 2021 Purim Lano. Pesach a...

February 2021

February 10, 2021

Rules Made to be Broken

Parashat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18) By Frankie Sandmel | February 9, 2021 There’s a moment in Fiddler...

February 03, 2021

Thunder and Silence

Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1 – 20:23) By Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer | February 3, 2021 An excerpt from Thunder +...

January 2021

January 26, 2021

At The Entryway to New Beginnings: What We Need to Move Forward

Parashat Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16). By Yael Werber | January 26, 2021 Sometimes there are moments in time...

January 20, 2021

A Festival for All of Us: MLK, Inauguration, and the Unfinished Work of Redemption

Parshat Bo (Exodus 10:1–13:16) By Cantor Ken Richmond January 20, 2021 We celebrate this week the...

January 14, 2021

The Scrolls of Redemptions (Megillot haGe’ulah)

Reflections on Parashat Va’eira (Exodus 6:2-9:35) By Rachel Adelman | January 14, 2021 I wrote this reflection on...

January 06, 2021

Gratitude

Parashat Shemot (Exodus 1:1–6:1) By Rabbi Ebn Leader January 5, 2021 To our most beloved teacher,...

December 2020

December 30, 2020

Sharing Our Legacies

Parashat Vayechi (Genesis 47:28 – 50:26) By Susan Shevitz | December 30, 2020 In this age of...

December 23, 2020

Unity or Division?

Parashat Vayigash (Genesis 44:18 – 47:27) By Rabbi Jim Morgan | Dec 21, 2020 This year we...

December 15, 2020

Chanukah Heroines of Yore

Parasha Mikeitz: Genesis 41:1-44:17 By Rachel Adelman | December 14, 2020 When we light Chanukah candles around the...

December 08, 2020

Refusing to be comforted

Parashat Vayeishev (Genesis 37:1–40:23) By Rabbi Minna Bromberg | December 8, 2020 My Moroccan-Israeli obstetrician here in...

December 02, 2020

What Violence is Being Perpetrated In My Name (And What Am I Going To Do About It)?

Parshat Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4 – 36:43). By Rabbi Avi Killip | December 2, 2020 Weekly Torah reading...

November 2020

November 16, 2020

Generations and Their Wells

Parashat Toledot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) By Rabbi Arthur Green The narratives of Genesis, especially in readings for Va-Yera and Toledot,...

November 11, 2020

Sunrise, Sunset

Parashat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18) By Rabbi Shira Shazeer | November 11, 2020 Saturday night, the sun...

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