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 […]
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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 […]
Introducing VisualTorah cards!
The Torah is an amazing text bursting with visual metaphors. Every tiny detail of the Torah has significance and multiple meanings that can only be found by looking at Torah […]
Lech Lecha: Journeying Inside and Out
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. Lech-Lecha opens with the instruction to […]