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November 2023

November 21, 2023

How Awesome and Terrible Is This Place

By Chaim Spaulding, Hebrew College Rabbinical Student Parashat Vayetze (Genesis 28:10–32:3) Last winter, I went...

January 2023

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...

June 2022

June 22, 2022

A Biblical Body Image Problem

By Minna Bromberg, PhD, RAB `10 Parashat Shelach Lecha (Numbers 13:1 - 15:41) So close!...

June 07, 2022

What to Make for Dinner on the Day the World Changes

by Rabbi Avi Killip Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89) I have always been fascinated by the...

May 2022

May 16, 2022

The Power of Perspective

Rev. Tom Reid Parshat Behar (Leviticus 25:1-26:2) As I write this, I am sitting on a...

May 04, 2022

Together or Apart? Rebuilding Holy Community Across Space

By Rav Hazzan Ken Richmond Parshat Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27) Last week my consortium of synagogues commemorated...

April 2022

April 12, 2022

With Blossom and Blood: Painting Our Path to Liberation

Pesach (Exodus 12:21-12:51) by Rabbi Adina Allen וּלְקַחְתֶּם אֲגֻדַּת אֵזוֹב וּטְבַלְתֶּם בַּדָּם אֲשֶׁר בַּסַּף וְהִגַּעְתֶּם...

March 2022

March 15, 2022

Stuck in Scranton: Danger and Gratitude in Parashat Tsav

Parashat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1–8:36) By Joey Glick | March 15, 2022 My mom’s journey with...

January 2022

January 25, 2022

Close But Not Quite, Near Yet Still Far

Parshat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1–24:18) By Rabbi Avi Strausberg | January 24, 2022 After about eight...

October 2021

October 26, 2021

I’m a Stranger Here Myself

Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1–25:18) By Naomi Gurt Lind | Oct 25, 2021 “People are strange when...

October 12, 2021

Life in a Spiral

Parshat Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1–17:27) Yael Werber | Oct 12, 2021 Eleven years ago, I...

September 2021

September 27, 2021

Difficult Beginnings

Parashat Bereshit, Genesis 1:1–6:8 By Dr. Susie Tanchel | September 27, 2021 “All beginnings...

August 2021

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 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 14, 2021

The Power of Symbols

By Rabbi Brian Besser This d’var is dedicated to Brian’s father, Avraham Gutman ben Hayyim...

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...

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...

April 2021

April 21, 2021

Rebuilding toward Holiness

Acharei-Kedoshim (Leviticus 16:1–20:27) By Naomi Gurt Lind | April 21, 2021 What do we do when...

April 14, 2021

Crying Out for Help; Crying Out for Prayers

Parashat Tazria-Metzora (Leviticus 12:1–15:33) By Rabbi Avi Strausberg | April 10, 2021 This past year has been...

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...

April 01, 2021

The Lingering Question of the Seder

Passover By Rabbi Jordan Braunig | April 1, 2021 This past weekend, we celebrated our second...

March 2021

March 24, 2021

Being with our Food and Being with Ourselves

Parashat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36) By Rabbi Minna Bromberg | Mar 24, 2021 I was listening to...

March 07, 2021

The Coronavirus Yahrtzeit; Turning Around the Evil Decree

Parshat Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11–34:35) By Cantor Ken Richmond | March 5, 2021The week of Parshat Ki...

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 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...

November 2020

November 11, 2020

Sunrise, Sunset

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

October 2020

October 21, 2020

Building Towers to Knock Them Down

Parashat Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32) By Rabbi Becky SIlverstein | Oct 20, 2020 From the floor on which...

October 07, 2020

Praying for Rain

Shemini Atzeret By Rabbi Daniel Berman | October 07, 2020 Eight years ago I wrote a...

September 2020

September 23, 2020

Moses and Musical Theater

Parashat Ha’azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52) By Leah Carnow | September 22, 2020 I am in a field in...

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