This is an excerpt from R. Mark Asher Goodman’s Life Lessons from Recently Dead Rabbis: Hassidut for the People, now available for purchase. Illustration by Steve Silbert. Each chapter of […]
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine Last winter, my HIAS colleagues took a […]
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine I was in a shoe […]
I open with gratitude: I’m fortunate to serve as a volunteer on the boards of three non profit organizations dedicated to building Jewish community through education and outreach. This week […]
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine Shemini is a parasha full of communication, actions […]
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. On Purim we conceal what is revealed, […]
A teaching by the Sfat Emet, with commentary by Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman. Cross-posted to Gashmius magazine. Exodus 12:2 הַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה לָכֶם רֹאשׁ חֳדָשִׁים רִאשׁוֹן הוּא לָכֶם לְחדְשֵׁי הַשָּׁנָה׃ […]
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. With this week’s parsha, Vayikra (“and He […]
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. וְכל־חֲכַם־לֵ֖ב בָּכֶ֑ם יָבֹ֣אוּ וְיַעֲשׂ֔וּ אֵ֛ת כּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר […]
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. This week’s Torah portion, Ki Tisa, as well […]