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December 2023

December 18, 2023

Who is Joseph?

Parashat Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27) By Naomi Gurt Lind These past few parashiot, we have been...

December 03, 2023

We Are Still In Mourning

Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23) By Rabbi Avi Killip We are still in mourning. In the...

November 2023

November 16, 2023

Possession, Envy, and Hope

Parashat Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) By Naomi Gurt Lind Growing up, there was a time when one...

August 2022

August 23, 2022

Looking for God, Eyes Wide Open

By Chaim Spaulding Parashat Re’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17) Parashat Re’eh begins with the imperative re’eh (see!), and a choice: the...

June 2022

June 14, 2022

Chutzpah and Healing

By Heather Renetzky Parashat Beha'alotcha (Numbers 8:1-12:16) One of the side effects of being in...

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 30, 2022

Raising the Dead

By Rabbi Max Edwards Parashat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) In every season, Jews around the world count...

May 23, 2022

I’d Like to Exchange these Curses for Blessing, Please?

By Rabbi Shira Shazeer Parashat Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3-27:34) We live in times of global pandemic; new...

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 10, 2022

The Power of Exclusion

By Rabbi Jim Morgan  Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) When I’m teaching, I often receive feedback from...

April 2022

April 18, 2022

Achron shel Pesach | At the End of Passover | A Drash in Haiku

By Naomi Gurt Lind Achron shel Pesach (Exodus 13:17-15:26) After our seders We come back...

March 2022

March 29, 2022

The Blessing of Asking for Help

Parashat Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59) By Heather Renetzky Parashat Tazria, with its long and dry list of...

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...

March 10, 2022

“God Does Not Play Dice with the Universe”

Parashat VaYikra (Leviticus 1:1–5:26) and  Parashat Zakhor (Deuteronomy 25:17–19) By Rachel Adelman | March 08,...

March 01, 2022

Acknowledging holiness along the way

Parashat Pekudei (Exodus 38:21–40:38) By Rabbi Becky Silverstein | February 28, 2022 One of the...

February 2022

February 24, 2022

Vayakhel: A Love Letter to Liminal Space

Parshat Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) By Yael Werber | February 22, 2022 I have never considered...

February 15, 2022

Revelation, Co-creation, Illumination

Parashat Ki Tissa (Ki Tisa: Exodus 30:11–34:35) By Rabbi Adina Allen | February 14, 2022...

February 08, 2022

For Dignity and Adornment

Parshat Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10) By Frankie Sandmel | February 7, 2022 In the past few weeks...

February 01, 2022

Somewhere Between the Cherubim

Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19) By Leah Carnow | February 1, 2022 As a child, I...

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...

January 12, 2022

The Leftovers

Parshat Beshallach (Exodus 13:17–17:16) By Naomi Gurt Lind | January 11, 2022 Some parshiyot are...

January 05, 2022

Lighting the Plague of Darkness

Parashat Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16) By Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum | January 5, 2022 “Turn it and...

December 2021

December 07, 2021

Finding Holiness at Life’s Margins

Parashat Vayigash (Genesis 44:18–47:27) By Rabbi Max Edwards | December 7, 2021 After many years...

November 2021

November 22, 2021

The Language of Fractals

Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1–40:23) By Matthew Schultz | November 22, 2021 The Torah speaks in the...

November 10, 2021

The Languages We Speak

Parashat Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) By Leah Carnow | November 9, 2021 As I write, I...

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 20, 2021

A Sukkot Story for the Pandemic Generations

Shabbat Sukkot (Exodus 33:12-34:26; Numbers 29:17-34) By Rabbi Shira Shazeer | September 20, 2021 Mazel tov! We’ve...

September 17, 2021

Remembrance and Teshuvah

Haazinu (Deuteronomy 32:1–52) By Jessica Spencer | Sepember 15, 2021 Haazinu is a swansong, a...

September 08, 2021

Words of Love and Truth

Parashat VaYelech (Deuteronomy 31:1-31:30) By Rabbi Ebn Leader | September 8, 2021 As the Torah...

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