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Torah

Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert, "Moses Ordering the Slaughter of the Midianites," 1650 (Wikimedia Commons)
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The Torah cannot justify revenge attacks in the West Bank

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 13, 2023July 14, 2023
(Photo/pxfuel.com CC0)
Posted inJewish Life

This summer, make time to learn the Torah of the garden

Rabbi Jill Hammer by Rabbi Jill Hammer July 6, 2023July 6, 2023
Israelis protest against the government’s planned judicial overhaul, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jamal Awad-Flash90)
Posted inTorah

Like the ancient Israelites, the cure to modern Israel’s ills is right in front of us

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf June 29, 2023June 29, 2023
Detail from "The Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inTorah

If your emotional home is in a bad place, move it

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg June 22, 2023June 22, 2023
a colorful illustration of two men hefting a large branch with a large bunch of grapes on it
Posted inJewish Life

The Torah’s persuasive warning against confirmation bias

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen June 16, 2023June 16, 2023
Calligraphy by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan reading 'El na refa na la,' a line from this week's Torah portion.
Posted inColumns

This soothing healing prayer puts care and comfort into the world

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan June 9, 2023June 9, 2023
Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock on "Star Trek") repurposed the hand gesture used during the Priestly Blessing as the otherworldly Vulcan salute. (Photo/CBS)
Posted inTorah

The priests are gone, but their special prayer still fills me with awe

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon June 1, 2023June 1, 2023
The illustration that inspired this column by artist Davi Cheng (Copyright Be'Chol Lashon)
Posted inTorah

Mount Sinai’s lessons include a powerful one about Jews of color

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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Moses required solitude, even though the people resented it

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 19, 2023May 18, 2023
Congressman Julius Kahn is now remembered in part for his vociferous anti-Asian racism.
Posted inColumns

We Jews cannot look away from the ugly parts of our past

Rabbi George Altshuler by Rabbi George Altshuler May 12, 2023May 11, 2023

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