A Blessing of Reconciliation
Collection: Torah CommentaryRabbi Lilly KaufmanDecember 19, 2014Theme: SpiritualityIn Parashat Miketz, the masterful Joseph, hashalit al ha’aretz (the sovereign of the land) engages in a series of...
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Collection: Torah CommentaryDr. Alisa BraunDecember 19, 2014Theme: SpiritualityJoseph, not Moses, torn apart dreams snakes brothers father sins and returns loves and is silent wanders between the...
View ArticleA Narrative for Our Lives
Collection: Torah CommentaryRabbi Tim Daniel BernardDecember 26, 2014Theme: SpiritualityNo matter if we are philosophers (like Quine), scientists, or grand viziers of Egypt (like Joseph), we all...
View ArticleThe Angel at the Window
Collection: Torah CommentaryRabbi Lisa GelberDecember 23, 2014Theme: Spirituality“What’s an angel? It’s a star that comes down from the sky at night to peek in your window . . . to make sure you’re...
View Article“We Were Slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt”
Collection: Torah CommentaryRabbi Matthew BerkowitzJanuary 23, 2015Theme: SpiritualityCopyright 2008, Rabbi Matthew L. Berkowitz, The Lovell HaggadahRav Hanina explained, “God said to the tribes, ‘You...
View ArticleThe Bite of Desire
Collection: Torah CommentaryRabbi Eliezer DiamondFebruary 6, 2015Theme: Spirituality“You shall not covet…” (Exodus 20:14)“You shall not covet . . . you shall not crave. . .” (Deuteronomy 5:17)Do you...
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Collection: Torah CommentaryDr. Eitan FishbaneFebruary 27, 2015Theme: SpiritualityThe mitzvot are a path of spiritual practice, a cultivation of religious awareness that may open us to the mystery and...
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Still Life with Siddur: Blessings and Challenges in Jewish Communal Prayer
About the Speakers Rabbi Jan Uhrbach is director of Liturgical Arts at JTS and associate editor of the forthcoming Siddur Lev Shalem. She is also the spiritual leader of the Conservative Synagogue of...
View ArticleShattered Tablets
Collection: Torah CommentaryDaniel Heschel SilberbuschMarch 6, 2015Theme: SpiritualityUntitled, 2000 Acrylic on canvasWhat fascinates me about this moment in the Torah (Ex. 32:15-19) is what we forget...
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Collection: Torah CommentaryMichael SummaMarch 13, 2015Theme: Spiritualityfor Voice and ElectronicsCantor Nancy Abramson, Mezzo Soprano Recorded by Richard NewmanLyricsWe often think of love as...
View ArticleMemory and Reconciliation
Collection: Torah CommentaryDr. Ismar SchorschDecember 11, 1999Theme: SpiritualityWhat ought to be the role of memory in our lives is the conundrum that lies at the heart of this week's parasha. Just...
View ArticleBodies and Their Critics
Collection: Torah CommentaryYonah KirschnerMay 8, 2015Theme: SpiritualityCassey Ho, a fitness blogger, recently posted a video she created in response to the many body-shaming comments she was...
View ArticleThe Revelation in Sci-Fi
Collection: Torah CommentaryRabbi Ryan DulkinMay 22, 2015Theme: SpiritualityAs the sun rises over a craggy, barren landscape, the first rays of light penetrate the cavernous sleeping quarters of a...
View ArticleThe Good Ol’ Days
Collection: Torah CommentaryRabbi Danielle UpbinJune 5, 2015Theme: Spirituality“Hashivenu (Return Us to You),” from Rabbi Danielle Upbin’s CD Reveal the Light (2012)When the going gets tough, who...
View ArticleThe Giant and the Ants
Collection: Torah CommentaryDr. Raysh WeissJuly 24, 2015Theme: SpiritualityAs literary critic Erich Auerbach highlights in “Odysseus’ Scar,” the opening chapter of his monumental work of literary...
View ArticleHow to Practice Faith
Collection: Torah CommentaryRabbi Daniel S. NevinsAugust 22, 2014Theme: SpiritualityWatch a world-class athlete do something extraordinary, like somersault and twist through the air from a high diving...
View ArticleA Blessing of Reconciliation
Collection: Torah CommentaryRabbi Lilly KaufmanDecember 19, 2014Theme: SpiritualityIn Parashat Miketz, the masterful Joseph, hashalit al ha’aretz (the sovereign of the land) engages in a series of...
View ArticleRedemption from the Dark Pit
Collection: Torah CommentaryRabbi Jason GitlinDecember 4, 2015Theme: SpiritualityIn his poignant classic on freeing oneself from the chains of physical and mental slavery, Bob Marley begins with an...
View ArticleWhat Next? A Free People Finds Its Way
Collection: Torah CommentaryRabbi Daniel S. NevinsJanuary 22, 2016Theme: SpiritualityFrom the air Eretz Mitzrayim, “the narrow land” of Egypt, reveals itself as a vast expanse of sand and stone broken...
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