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June 2019

June 04, 2019

The Power of Teaching Torah

By Rabbi Daniel Schaefer Parashat B'midbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) Last Sunday, I had the privilege to...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

Commemorating and Participating in Shavuot

Parashat Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3-27:34) By Rabbi Daniel Klein From its earliest understanding, the revelation of...

May 15, 2019

Speakers of Infinity and Finitude

Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) A few weeks ago, my mother sent me the novel A...

April 2019

April 02, 2019

Reverence for the Wondrous Life Force

Parashat Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59) By Rabbi Brian Besser The Levitical laws of purity strike the...

March 2019

March 06, 2019

To Begin is Human, To Finish is Divine

Parashat Pekudei (Exodus 38:21-40:38) By Rabbi Jordan Braunig I’ve always had a much easier time...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Weaving a Mishkan for Every Age

Parashat Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) By Rabbi Michael Shire And all the wise-hearted women spun with...

January 2019

January 22, 2019

Valuing Work and Setting Limits

Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23) By Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg I write these words on a Saturday...

January 16, 2019

Less talking, more walking: Deliberation and Exodus

Parashat Beshallah (Exodus 13:17-17:16) By Rabbi Minna Bromberg Oh, deliberation. It might look like that...

January 09, 2019

Connecting Heart and Hand

Parashat Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16) By Cantor Dara Rosenblatt On a sunny day in early December...

November 2018

November 14, 2018

Vertical Ladders of Sky, Horizontal Ladders of Earth

Parashat Va-Yetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) By Rabbi Jordan Schuster I’ve been thinking about John Keats lately. About...

September 2018

September 26, 2018

You Shall Have Nothing But Joy

Sukkot By Rabbi Brian Besser Yom Kippur is the most ethereal of Jewish holidays. On...

September 05, 2018

I was not at Sinai

Parashat Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20) By Rabbi Elisha Herb The people stand at Sinai as would-be...

July 2018

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

Asking for Change

Parshat Pinchas, Numbers 25:10-30:1 By Rabbi Jane Kanarek About ten years ago, I was introduced...

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 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 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 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 19, 2018

Tzav: Offering Our Whole Selves

Parashat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36) By Rabbi Margie Klein Ronkin My first summer on staff with...

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 12, 2018

Hope in the Margins

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

January 2018

January 29, 2018

You Cannot Do It Alone

Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23) By Rabbi Margie Klein Ronkin As a rabbi and organizer for...

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...

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