Shemot: Leadership, Lessons, and a Burning Bush
Image source. 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 parsha, Shemot, sets […]
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Vayechi: Connecting the Dots
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 parsha, וַיְחִ֤י, Vayechi, is the […]
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 […]
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 […]