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"Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph" by Rembrandt, 1656
Posted inJewish Life

Sometimes, an inflated capital-T Truth is needed to deflate disharmony

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon January 6, 2023December 30, 2022
"Joseph, Overseer of the Pharaoh's Granaries" by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1874
Posted inColumns

The ABC’s of fixing a relationship SNAFU in your life

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 30, 2022
"Mattathias Appealing to Jewish Refugees" by Gustav Doré, 1866
Posted inTorah

This week’s dark Torah portion prepares us for ascent into the light

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein December 23, 2022December 22, 2022
Donny Osmond in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
Posted inTorah

Drama, intrigue, fashion: The story of Joseph has it all

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf December 16, 2022December 15, 2022
Detail from "Jacob and Rachel at the Well" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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Name game shows us: We need a Judaism steered by joy, not antisemitism

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg December 9, 2022December 9, 2022
"Jacob Talks With Laban" by Charles Foster, 1897
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Jacob has a lesson for us: Make sure we get the true story

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen December 2, 2022December 1, 2022
"Isaac Blessing Jacob," 1637 by Giuseppe Ribera
Posted inTorah

 Why we the people turn to an ‘Esau type’ in troubled times

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan November 24, 2022November 23, 2022
"Burial of Sarah" by Gustave Dore
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What did Isaac see at the ‘Well of Vision’?

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon November 18, 2022November 18, 2022
"The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah," John Martin, 1852
Posted inTorah

Are guilty or hateful leaders worthy of our prayer?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg November 11, 2022November 10, 2022
“The Caravan of Abraham” by James Tissot, ca. 1900.
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Like Abraham, you can go on an epic journey

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein November 4, 2022November 3, 2022

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