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Screenshot from "Prince of Egypt," as Moses begins to feel pangs of empathy for Hebrew slaves
Posted inPassover

Passover is a time to practice empathy for ‘the stranger’ among us

Rabbi Lavey Derby by Rabbi Lavey Derby April 15, 2019April 15, 2019
Screenshot from "Period. End of Sentence.," a documentary about women in rural India
Posted inJewish Life

Women must be free from stigma. Period.

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon April 11, 2019
Sarah before the miraculous birth of her son, Isaac, by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

Conception is still miraculous — especially for those who struggle with infertility

Maharat Victoria Sutton by Maharat Victoria Sutton April 4, 2019April 4, 2019
black and white drawing of nadav and avihu being thrown backwards by a flash of light
Posted inTorah

God made the world in seven days — but what happened on the eighth?

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand March 28, 2019
The altar in front of a mock-up of the Tabernacle in Timna, Israel (Photo/Wikimedia-Mboesch CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inTorah

Find your flame, and keep it lit

Rabbi Stacy Friedman by Rabbi Stacy Friedman March 21, 2019March 21, 2019
Illustration from Phillip Medhurst Collection depicting Joshua fighting Amalek
Posted inUncategorized

By remembering, we pledge to eradicate hate from the world

Rabbi Ryan Bauer by Rabbi Ryan Bauer March 14, 2019March 14, 2019
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inTorah

A navigation system for life’s journey

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 7, 2019
The unicorn and the wolf of the reconstructed synagogue in Gwozdziec, Poland
Posted inTorah

The unicorn in the synagogue

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan February 28, 2019March 1, 2019
A group of women lead a sisterhood Shabbat dinner at a synagogue in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1943. (Photo/Flickr-Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest)
Posted inTorah

Why we’ll still be celebrating Shabbat 100 years from now

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg February 21, 2019
"The Holy of Holies" from the 1890 Holman Bible
Posted inColumns

What we can learn from the Temple’s ‘eternal incense’

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon February 14, 2019

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