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The Twelve Tribes of Israel camped around the Tabernacle from a 1683 etching by Jan Luyken.
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Tribal flags and summer camp color wars: How God turned us into one people

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf May 14, 2026May 15, 2026

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. BamidbarNumbers 1:1-4:20 This week, we begin a new book of the Torah. In […]

Silver coins struck in the late Second Temple period during the reign of Herod the great. (Wikimedia via Glyphmark CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Celebrate the miracle of growth this Shavuot

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon May 29, 2025May 29, 2025
Holocaust survivor Henry Greenbaum of Bethesda, Maryland, shows his concentration camp tattoo to visitors at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (Photo/Flickr/Department of Defense/Marvin Lynchard)
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You are significant as both an individual Jew and as part of the Jewish people

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen June 6, 2024June 6, 2024
"The Numbering of the Israelites," engraving by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, mid-19th century
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How to speak of God’s love in a hurting world? In a whisper.

George Altshuler by George Altshuler June 3, 2022June 2, 2022
"The Israelites' encampment in the wilderness, guided by God in the form of a pillar of smoke" by J.J. Derghi, 1866
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Cultural conformity on the road to Canaan

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 13, 2021May 13, 2021
"Shavout" by Moritz Daniel Oppeneheim, 1880
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Making things count as we re-emerge into the outside world

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen May 22, 2020May 21, 2020
A view of the Negev desert (Photo/Wikimedia-Andrew Shiva CC BY-SA 4.0)
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This week, we enter the wilderness. Will we ever find our way out?

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