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“Moses Smiteth the Rock in the Desert,” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

So you’ve got this kind of miracle, and this kind, and … 

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen July 8, 2022July 7, 2022
Detail from "The Death of Korah, Dathan and Abiram" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inColumns

Don’t sleep through the rebellion

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan July 1, 2022June 30, 2022
a colorful illustration of two men hefting a large branch with a large bunch of grapes on it
Posted inJewish Life

How this lesser-known biblical character helped fulfill the Jewish people’s destiny

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon June 24, 2022June 23, 2022
The Rev. William Barber (left) and the Rev. Liz Theoharis, co-chairs of the Poor People's Campaign, lead a demonstration outside the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 13, 2021. (Photo/RNS-Jack Jenkins)
Posted inTorah

What the Torah has to say about the Poor People’s Campaign march this Shabbat

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg June 17, 2022June 17, 2022
"Samson Puts Down the Pillars" by James Tissot, ca. 1900. The biblical character of Samson is the best known Nazirite.
Posted inTorah

The spiritually solitary have a place in the Jewish world

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein June 10, 2022June 9, 2022
“Na la’amod" means “please stand” in Hebrew, and is a non-gendered way to announce a person about to receive Torah honors. (Design/JTA-Jackie Hajdenberg)
Posted inReligion

Non-gendered language for calling Jews to the Torah gets Conservative movement approval

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA June 8, 2022June 8, 2022
"The Numbering of the Israelites," engraving by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, mid-19th century
Posted inTorah

How to speak of God’s love in a hurting world? In a whisper.

George Altshuler by George Altshuler June 3, 2022June 2, 2022
People react outside the Civic Center after a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Dario Lopez-Mills)
Posted inOpinion

If you love the Bible and God, then love children. Live children.

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS May 27, 2022
a 19th century painting of the scene
Posted inTorah

Ready to move your emotional home to the Promised Land?

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg May 27, 2022May 26, 2022
A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Posted inTorah

For a relationship with God, we’ve got to make progress every day

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen May 20, 2022May 19, 2022

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