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Call it ‘woke’ if you want, but empathy is embedded in the Jewish psyche

Rabbi George Altshuler by Rabbi George Altshuler September 11, 2025September 18, 2025
ICE officer arrests man
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Torah specifically protects day laborers. Why won’t we?

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 4, 2025September 4, 2025
King Saul sculpture
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Torah seeks a balance of power among Jewish leaders

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen August 28, 2025August 28, 2025
Western Wall 1972
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Creating a sense of national unity has its shadow side, too

Rabbi Daniel Stein by Rabbi Daniel Stein August 21, 2025August 21, 2025
Gazans line up for food
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This week’s Torah portion breaks my heart as Gazans suffer

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg August 14, 2025August 14, 2025
Jordan River
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Moses shows us how to respond to profound disappointment

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein August 7, 2025August 7, 2025
woman walks across suspended footbridge
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‘Do not be afraid’: How unchecked fear can become a spiritual paralysis

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg July 31, 2025July 28, 2025
Detail of The Creation of the Sun and the Moon by Francisco de Holanda,
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Solar corrections to the lunar calendar demonstrate the wisdom of our ancestors

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf July 24, 2025July 24, 2025
Painting of Moses from the Torah
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Even when violence is sanctioned, it must lead to peace — or forever mark our souls

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon July 17, 2025July 17, 2025
Rembrandt painting of Balaam
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When enemies cannot destroy Israel with weapons, they turn to other means

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen July 10, 2025July 10, 2025

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