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By Frankie Sandmel Parashat Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8) My fourth grade teacher was a Holocaust...

Tisha b’Av By Rabbi Or N. Rose  On a warm and clear evening late last...

Parshat Korach, Numbers 16:1-18:32 By Rachel Adelman, PhD The earth hath bubbles, as the water...

Parashat Sh’lach Lecha (Numbers 13:1-15:41) By Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld At the beginning of this...

By Rabbi Daniel Schaefer Parashat B'midbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) Last Sunday, I had the privilege to...

Parashat Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3-27:34) By Rabbi Daniel Klein From its earliest understanding, the revelation of...

Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) A few weeks ago, my mother sent me the novel A...

Parashat Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59) By Rabbi Brian Besser The Levitical laws of purity strike the...

Parashat Pekudei (Exodus 38:21-40:38) By Rabbi Jordan Braunig I’ve always had a much easier time...

Parashat Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) By Rabbi Michael Shire And all the wise-hearted women spun with...

Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23) By Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg I write these words on a Saturday...

Parashat Beshallah (Exodus 13:17-17:16) By Rabbi Minna Bromberg Oh, deliberation. It might look like that...

Parashat Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16) By Cantor Dara Rosenblatt On a sunny day in early December...

Parashat Va-Yetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) By Rabbi Jordan Schuster I’ve been thinking about John Keats lately. About...

Sukkot By Rabbi Brian Besser Yom Kippur is the most ethereal of Jewish holidays. On...

Parashat Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20) By Rabbi Elisha Herb The people stand at Sinai as would-be...

Starting Points & Destinations on our Journeys (Parashat Massei, Numbers 33:1-36:13) By Cantor Ken Richmond...

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

Parshat Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9) By Rabbi Dan Judson This week’s Torah portion contains one of...

(Parshat Sh’lach  (Numbers, 13:1-15:41) By Rabbi Gray Myrseth And all the children of Israel murmured...

Parashat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) By Rabbi Jordan Braunig Four books into the Torah and here...

Parshat Behar-Behukotai (Leviticus 25:1-27:34) At a recent Keshet LGBTQ and Ally Teen Shabbaton, I asked...

Parshat Acharei Mot and Kedoshim (Leviticus 16:1-18:30 and 19:1-20-27) By Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann Just...

Parshat Shemini, Leviticus 9:1-11:47 By Rabbi Gray Myrseth On a Tuesday towards the end of...

Parasha for the Last Day of Pesach By Rabbi Elisha Herb A fire and brimstone...

Parashat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36) By Rabbi Margie Klein Ronkin My first summer on staff with...

Parashat Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26) By Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg It’s the time of the year when...

Vayakhel-Pekudei (Exodus 35:1-40:38) By Rabbi Alyson Solomon In parshat Va’yakhel we find the Israelites, convoked,...

Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27-19) By Rabbi Adam Lavitt Speaking with a woman in hospice care,...

Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23) By Rabbi Margie Klein Ronkin As a rabbi and organizer for...