Vayigash: Risking Everything
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. At its base, VaYigash is the parsha […]
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Miketz: Food Justice
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. Joseph was thirty years old when he […]
Vayeshev: To Speak Out Without Shaming the Other
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. Parshat Vayeshev is loaded with famous bible […]
The Light Travels: Hanukkah 5783
New from Bayit’s Liturgical Arts Working Group comes this offering of new liturgy, poetry, and art for Hanukkah — this year arising both from the climate crisis, and from the perennial […]
Vayishlach: Using Both Hands
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. הַצִּילֵ֥נִי נָ֛א מִיַּ֥ד אָחִ֖י מִיַּ֣ד עֵשָׂ֑ו כִּֽי־יָרֵ֤א אָנֹכִי֙ […]
Vayeitzei – Rest, Divine Presence, and Holy Energy
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. “וַיֵּצֵ֥א יַעֲקֹ֖ב” So begins this week’s parsha, […]
Why This Rabbi is Learning Arabic (And Why All Rabbis Should)
Why is this rabbi learning Arabic? Read on. * When the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York honored me with an invitation to join its recent multi-faith and multi-racial community leadership […]
Toldot: Struggling, Scampering, and Romping
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. The stories of twins in the Bible always […]
TDOR and the Struggle to Feel the Blessing
Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed annually, on November 20, to honor the lives that have been lost to anti-transgender violence; may their memories be for a blessing. […]
Parsha Vayeira – Ancestral Allyship and Intergenerational Impact
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. כִּ֣י יְדַעְתִּ֗יו לְמַ֩עַן֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְצַוֶּ֜ה אֶת־בָּנָ֤יו וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ֙ […]