Ready to move your emotional home to the Promised Land? By Rabbi Dov Greenberg May 27, 2022 The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Bechukotai Leviticus 26:3–27:34 If you watch the news, I’m sure you’ve seen people who live in areas that get hit often by hurricanes or tornadoes. They collect what’s left of their lives and begin to rebuild — and then it… Read More
Religion WhatsApp group brings Counting Omer to local and global audience “Today is Day 31 of the Omer, an opportunity to connect with the divine energy of Tif’eret in Hod. Both of these attributes are related to beauty. When… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 24, 2022
Music Jazz classic ‘’Round Midnight’ becomes all-night Shavuot meditation Talmudic scholars have nothing on jazz musicians when it comes to disputing the fine points of a canonical text — well, tune. While pianist Thelonious… By Andrew Gilbert May 23, 2022
Torah For a relationship with God, we’ve got to make progress every day The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Behar Leviticus 25:1–26:2 This week’s Torah… By Rabbi Joey Felsen May 20, 2022
Religion Some Conservative rabbis are flouting the intermarriage ban Dario Feiguin, a rabbi for nearly 40 years, recently officiated at his first interfaith wedding — a practice forbidden by the Conservative movement that… By Debra Nussbaum Cohen, Forward May 13, 2022
Torah We cannot teach Torah by avoiding portions we don’t like The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Emor Leviticus 21:1–24:23 In the two years since… By Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan May 13, 2022
Torah Why we tear an item of clothing at a Jewish funeral The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Kedoshim Leviticus 19:1–20:27 Each time I walk… By Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon May 6, 2022
Opinion The Christian right’s abortion policy isn’t in my Torah I was studying Torah with colleagues on Monday night when the news broke that SCOTUS is likely to strike down Roe v. Wade. The sweep of fear and grief… By Rabbi Rachel Barenblat, RNS May 4, 2022
Astrolojew Jewish horoscopes: When you get that feeling, you need Iyar’s healing Iyar 5782 May 1-June 30, 2022 The month of Iyar’s acronym — “El na refa na lah,” Moses’ prayer when his sister Miriam was sick — indicates the healing… By Lorelai Kude May 2, 2022