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December 2018

December 05, 2018

Experiencing Exile

Parashat MIketz (Genesis 41:4-44-17) By Rabbi Leora Abelson A caravan makes its way through the...

November 2018

November 19, 2018

Wrestling with Technology & Finding Connection

Parashat Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43) By Rabbi Daniel Schaefer Thanksgiving is my favorite American holiday. More...

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...

November 05, 2018

Closed Wells, Closed Hearts

Parashat Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) By Rabbi Adam Lavitt A man in an elevator repeatedly presses...

October 2018

October 30, 2018

Lifting our eyes to find each other

Parashat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18) Mah anachnu, meh chayeinu, meh chasdeinu, mah tzidkateinu, mah yeshuateinu,...

October 24, 2018

The Call to Protest

Parashat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24) The call to protest grows larger each day. From the women’s...

October 17, 2018

Sarah’s Silent Cry

Parashat Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27) By Rabbi Elizabeth Bonney-Cohen He didn’t mean to… He wouldn’t...

October 08, 2018

Noah: Words above the Waters

Parashat Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32) By Avraham Yizhak (Arthur) Green The story of Noah’s flood remains...

October 03, 2018

We Are Created Creative

(Parashat Beresheit, Genesis 1:1-6:8) By Rabbi Adina Allen Beresheit Bara Elohim, In the beginning, God...

September 2018

September 17, 2018

What Comes After

Parshat Ha’azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52) By Rabbi Avi Strausberg When my wife and I were developing the...

September 12, 2018

Hypocrisy, Boundaries, and the Mitzvah of Part-time Piety

The Days of Repentance By Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg Years ago, while walking back to my...

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...

August 2018

August 21, 2018

The Torah needs a Trigger Warning

Parashat Ki Tetzei (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19) By Rabbi Avi Killip My summer began at a panel...

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

Asking for Change

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

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 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 30, 2018

Reembracing Sacred Time

Emor, Leviticus 21-24 By Rabbi Suzanne Offit Back in the late 1900s, when telephones were...

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...

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