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Detail from "Jacob and Rachel at the Well" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Name game shows us: We need a Judaism steered by joy, not antisemitism

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg December 9, 2022December 9, 2022
"Isaac Blessing Jacob," 1637 by Giuseppe Ribera
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 Why we the people turn to an ‘Esau type’ in troubled times

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan November 24, 2022November 23, 2022
"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
"Noah's Ark" (1846) by Edward Hicks
Posted inJewish Life

Ark, who goes there? It’s us, Noah’s fellow quarantiners

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf October 28, 2022October 27, 2022
An Ethiopian Jewish pillow depicting Adam and Eve (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
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Like Abraham and Sarah, you can steer yourself to be the human you want to be

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg October 21, 2022October 21, 2022
Watercolor of an etrog by Amanda Almira Newton, 1916, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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It’s splendorous. It’s packed with meaning. It’s the etrog.

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen October 14, 2022October 13, 2022
Rebekah Erev, co-founder of the Queer Mikveh Project, blows the shofar at the first QMP mikvah event at the Albany Bulb in Albany, California, in 2015. (Photo/JTA-Chani Bockwinkel)
Posted inTorah

Repentance: Don’t make it a big deal. Just look inward and say what’s right

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg September 23, 2022September 22, 2022
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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How to turn Torah’s troubling curses into relevant, modern-day advice

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein September 16, 2022September 15, 2022
Moses at the Burning Bush by James Tissot
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Friending God: how we keep each other close

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg September 2, 2022September 1, 2022
"Moses Pleading with Israel" by Providence Lithograph Company, ca. 1907
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This week’s Torah portion invites us to renew our vow to keep love alive

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon August 12, 2022August 12, 2022

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