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Balak

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

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. BalakNumbers 22:2-25:9 The parashah of Balak points the camera away from the Israelites wandering in […]

Israelis protest against the government’s planned judicial overhaul, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jamal Awad-Flash90)
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Like the ancient Israelites, the cure to modern Israel’s ills is right in front of us

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf June 29, 2023June 29, 2023
Congregation Sherith Israel's first in-person Shabbat service in over a year, June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
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As we return to community life, we will dwell again under the tent

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf June 25, 2021June 24, 2021
Balaam is stopped by an angel while on his way to curse the Israelites, as in this week's Torah portion, from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicles.
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In this week’s Torah portion, the fine line between intention and action

Maharat Victoria Sutton by Maharat Victoria Sutton July 3, 2020July 2, 2020
Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who smuggled 2,500 children out of the Warsaw Ghetto
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An ode to those who outwit tyrants

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan June 28, 2018

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