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August 2018

August 14, 2018

Chasing Compromise

Parashat Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) By Rabbi Jane Kanarek “Imma, you’re not being fair!” complains my...

August 07, 2018

Blessing, Curse, and the Freedom to Choose

Parshat Re’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17) By Rabbi Shira Shazeer I may have been at summer camp the...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

We Don’t Live by Bread Alone

Parashat Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25) By Rabbi Daniel Klein, Rab`10, MJEd`10 “In L.A., nobody touches you....

July 24, 2018

Shabbat and the Persistence of Slavery

Parashat Va’etchanan (Deuteronomy 3:27-7:11) By Rabbi Jim Morgan, Rab`08 Not everything that is faced can...

July 17, 2018

Take These Words: Deuteronomy and Carrying Torah With Us on Our Journey

Parashat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22) By Rabbi Minna Bromberg “Kyewwwwww!” my nearly two-and-a-half year old daughter...

July 10, 2018

Where have you come from and where are you going?

Starting Points & Destinations on our Journeys (Parashat Massei, Numbers 33:1-36:13) By Cantor Ken Richmond...

July 02, 2018

Justice in the Wilderness

Parshat Pinchas, Numbers 25:10-30:1 By Rabbi Gray Myrseth As a person who grew up in...

June 2018

June 25, 2018

Something of Redemption

Parshat Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9) By Rabbi Dan Judson This week’s Torah portion contains one of...

June 18, 2018

Death as a Sacred Moment

Parashat Chukkat (Numbers 19:1-22:1) By Rabbi Leora Abelson When June rolls around, I feel a...

June 12, 2018

Look Inward: Learning from Korach’s Downfall

Parshat Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32) By Rabbi Or Rose In this week’s Torah portion, Korah (after...

June 05, 2018

Shlach Lecha/Not a Sound

(Parshat Sh’lach (Numbers, 13:1-15:41) By Rabbi Gray Myrseth And all the children of Israel murmured...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

Divine Presence is a Cloud that is Fire

Parshat Beha’alotecha (Numbers 8:1-12:16) By Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman “Mai shamayim, what are the heavens?” asks...

May 22, 2018

Finding our Way Inside: The Priestly Blessing as a Model for Jewish Practice

Parshat Naso (Numbers, 4:21-7:89) By Rabbi Daniel Klein In his book Lost Connections, Johann Hari shares a...

May 15, 2018

In the Wilderness and the Wilderness Within

Parashat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) By Rabbi Jordan Braunig Four books into the Torah and here...

May 08, 2018

Torah: An Inheritance in this World

Parshat Behar-Behukotai (Leviticus 25:1-27:34) At a recent Keshet LGBTQ and Ally Teen Shabbaton, I asked...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

Inward and Outward Facing Holiness

Parshat Acharei Mot and Kedoshim (Leviticus 16:1-18:30 and 19:1-20-27) By Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann Just...

April 16, 2018

Return and Reintegration: A Rite and a Right

Parshat Metzora (Leviticus 14:1-15:33) By Rabbi Avi Killip We start from the assumption that every...

April 09, 2018

Teaching at the Edge of Mystery

Parshat Shemini, Leviticus 9:1-11:47 By Rabbi Gray Myrseth On a Tuesday towards the end of...

April 02, 2018

On Partial Truths

Parasha for the Last Day of Pesach By Rabbi Elisha Herb A fire and brimstone...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Bring More Liberation to Your Seder Table: A Song of Complaints

First Day of Pesach By Rabbi Minna Bromberg The students in my singing and songwriting...

March 13, 2018

Sacred Fat, Vulnerability, and God’s Choice

Parashat Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26) By Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg It’s the time of the year when...

March 05, 2018

A Practice: To Live Life as a Contribution

Vayakhel-Pekudei (Exodus 35:1-40:38) By Rabbi Alyson Solomon In parshat Va’yakhel we find the Israelites, convoked,...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

Teaching God our Torah

Parashat Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35) By Rabbi Mónica Gomery, Rab`17 and Laynie Soloman This week, revelation manifests...

February 12, 2018

Hope in the Margins

Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27-19) By Rabbi Adam Lavitt Speaking with a woman in hospice care,...

February 05, 2018

From Reception to Responsibility: God’s Ode to Restraint

Parashat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24.18) By Rabbi Daniel Klein A lot can change in a week....

January 2018

January 22, 2018

Components of Faith

By Rabbi Brian Besser Parashat B’Shalach (Exodus 13:17-17:15) A congregant I’ll call K. just found...

January 16, 2018

On Approaching the Tyrannical Heart

By Jordan Schuster There is this scene from a tale by Rabbi Nakhman of Breslov...

January 08, 2018

The Promise of Exile

Parshat Va’era (Exodus 6:2-9:35) By Avi Strausberg The year I spent living and traveling in...

January 02, 2018

With Strong Hands and Outstretched Arms

Parashat Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1) By Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld The story of our departure from...

December 2017

December 26, 2017

Brothers on the Edge

Parashat Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26) By Rachel Adelman, PhD The Book of Genesis revolves around stories...

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