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Genesis

"The Creation" (1896–1902) by James Tissot
Posted inTorah

If you know where to look, you can see creation renewed every morning

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen October 16, 2025October 16, 2025

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. BereishitGenesis 1:1-6:8 It may be surprising to hear that the traditional Jewish approach […]

Dancers in rehearsal for Marika Brussel's "Slant of the Earth." (Courtesy)
Posted inDance

New ballet on Peninsula reinvents Genesis as a love quadrangle

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 8, 2025April 14, 2025
Detail of “Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden” by Ori Sherman. (Photo/Courtesy Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life)
Posted inTorah

How Adam and Eve changed the very nature of our existence

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein October 12, 2023
"The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah," John Martin, 1852
Posted inTorah

Are guilty or hateful leaders worthy of our prayer?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg November 11, 2022November 10, 2022
From “Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation” by Liana Finck
Posted inComics

Cartoonist Liana Finck on rewriting Genesis, God as a woman and why Abraham feels like a Philip Roth character

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward April 11, 2022
a lit menorah
Posted inTorah

Why the ‘light’ Hanukkah story especially resonates in the darkness of today

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 3, 2021December 2, 2021
“Joseph Sold Into Egypt” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Can we ever truly ‘settle’ down? For Jacob, the challenges never end.

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein November 26, 2021November 22, 2021
"Jacob Wrestling with the Angel" Gustave Doré, 1855
Posted inTorah

Are you like Jacob — wrestling to understand things?

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf November 19, 2021November 18, 2021
"Jacob Deceives Isaac" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

Jacob lies to his dad — so why does our tradition call him a ‘Man of Truth’?

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen November 5, 2021November 4, 2021
"The Burial of Sarah" by Gustave Dore
Posted inTorah

The death of Sarah is the Torah at its most relatable

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan October 29, 2021October 28, 2021

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