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Torah

Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert, "Moses Ordering the Slaughter of the Midianites," 1650 (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTorah

What can we glean from the Bible’s disturbing passages?

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen July 13, 2018July 13, 2018
Pinchas gets a little stabby in this week's Torah portion. But does the Torah say that's OK?
Posted inTorah

Does the Torah sanction acts of zealotry?

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon July 5, 2018July 5, 2018
Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who smuggled 2,500 children out of the Warsaw Ghetto
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

An ode to those who outwit tyrants

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan June 28, 2018
How much does the Bible really care about this red cow?
Posted inColumns

Does the Torah mean what it says literally?

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau June 22, 2018June 25, 2018
a black and white woodcut of them tumbling into a huge ravine
Posted inColumns

What’s the answer when you feel dissed or insecure?

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman June 15, 2018June 14, 2018
From “The Grapes of Canaan” by James Tissot, circa 1900, showing a scene from Shelach, this week's Torah portion.
Posted inTorah

Forgive inadvertent wrongs, but watch out for willfulness

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider June 8, 2018June 7, 2018
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inColumns

When clouds and fire carry us through trying times

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand May 31, 2018May 31, 2018
The names of lynching victims are inscribed on weathered steel columns that hang from the ceiling at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. (Photo/JTA-Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post-Getty Images)
Posted inColumns

When we allow social injustice to continue, we steal from God

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 25, 2018
A view of the Negev desert (Photo/Wikimedia-Andrew Shiva CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inColumns

This week, we enter the wilderness. Will we ever find our way out?

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman May 18, 2018May 18, 2018
The Liberty Bell, currently on display at the Liberty Bell Center in Philadelphia, includes an inscription from Behar, this week's Torah portion. (Photo/National Parks Service)
Posted inColumns

The liberty to acquire possesions is not liberty at all

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon May 11, 2018

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