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Exodus

"Moses Speaks to Pharaoh" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

Playing God’s name game can show us a brighter future 

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
Moses at the Burning Bush by James Tissot
Posted inTorah

Impatient for justice? Congratulations — you’re human

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan January 8, 2021January 7, 2021
The second annual women's seder led by Geri Kahn (top left) was held on Zoom on April 5. (RACHEL RASKIN-ZRIHEN)
Posted inPassover

Our seder celebrated the courageous women of the Passover story

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen April 10, 2020April 10, 2020
Detail from “Jacob and Rachel at the Well” by James Tissot, 1899
Posted inTorah

Joseph and Benjamin had two mommies

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan December 13, 2018
Decorating the sukkah (Photo/Courtesy Hazon)
Posted inTorah

As Sukkot ends, your last chance for compassion

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider September 27, 2018
The 1960 film “Exodus,” starring Paul Newman (center) as Ari Ben Canaan, conveyed American Jews’ pride in the Jewish state.
Posted inIsrael at 70

From distancing to embracing: How 1948 changed U.S. Jews

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 11, 2018
Ruth, the heroine of the biblical book that bears her name, was the first convert to Judaism. Poster for the 1960 film "The Story of Ruth," directed by Harry Koster and starring Peggy Wood in the title role
Posted inColumns

Our Passover story is a chance to reaffirm that we are all Jews by choice

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand April 6, 2018
"The Finding of Moses" by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1904
Posted inColumns

Moses, superheroes, day school — and accepting that anyone can be a hero

by Rabbi Sara Mason-Barkin January 5, 2018January 4, 2018
From the audiobook cover of "The Exodus" by Richard Elliott Friedman
Posted inColumns

Two new books anatomize heavy-duty Torah concepts

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 12, 2017August 20, 2018
leonard cohen in a fedora on stage
Posted inColumns, Jewish Life, Torah

A song can lift a fallen angel into wholeness

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer February 10, 2017February 14, 2017

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