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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 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 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 20, 2018

Glitz, Glam and God

Parshat Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10) By Rabbi Adina Allen “Holy Holy Holy is the Lord of...

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...

December 18, 2017

How Will the Story End?

Parashat Vayigash  (Genesis 44:18-47:27) By Rabbi Suzanne Offit “Hinei mah tov u’ma na’im shevet achim...

December 12, 2017

Joseph, Pharaoh, and the Perpetual Stranger

Parashat Mikeitz (Genesis 41:1-44:17) This year, as is often the case, we read Parashat Mikeitz...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

Are these blessings really mine?

Parshat Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4 – 36:43) By Rabbi Leora Abelson Not long ago, a young...

November 20, 2017

When the Holy One is a No-Show (Parshat Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3)

By Rabbi Jordan Braunig, Rab`14 Perhaps the most memorable words from this week’s parasha, Parashat...

November 13, 2017

Bringing the Personal into the World

Parashat Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) By Rabbi Becky Silverstein When people hear that I am a...

November 06, 2017

To be a Stranger and Resident

Parashat Chayei Sarah (23:1-25:18) Bu Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann Toward the beginning of this week’s...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Crisis Parenting: Walking Together Through Bitter and Sweet

Parshat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24) By Rabbi Shira Shazeer Last week, my four-year-old announced gleefully, “It’s...

October 24, 2017

The Torah of Beginner’s Mind

By Rabbi Mónica Gomery Parshat Lech Lecha (Genesis: 12:1-17:27) The day after I became a rabbi,...

October 16, 2017

Where Is God in the Flood?

By Rabbi Avi Stausberg Parshat Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32) In the beginning, there was nothing. When...

October 10, 2017

What is Written in the Book of Human Begettings?

Parashat Bereishit (Genesis, 1:1-6:8) By Rachel Adelman, Ph.D. As the saying goes: “All beginnings are...

October 02, 2017

A Pink Sukkah: A Suggestion for New Jewish Ritual

Parshat Sukkot (Leviticus 22:26-23:44) By Rabbi Dan Judson There is a story told of Levi...

September 2017

September 25, 2017

The Weight of Our Wrongs

Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16:1-34; 18: 1-30) By Rabbi Micha’el Rosenberg Yom Kippur is the single...

September 18, 2017

Angels in the Wilderness

Ha’azinu/Shabbat Shuva, Deuteronomy 32:1-52 By Rabbi Alyson Solomon Early in Genesis we find Hagar, with...

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