Parashat Ki Teitzei begins with a passage that might (should?) trouble us. The Torah imagines an Israelite soldier who sees…
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Of all the memorable verses in the Torah, this week’s Torah portion, Parashat Shoftim, contains one of the most well-known…
Concerns about demagogues, celebrity, and the shallow pursuit of notoriety seem to be modern concerns. But the attractions of charisma…
I remember the exact moment that my orientation to the Jewish story crystallized into its current form. I was 19…
My grandfather had a handful of speeches he loved to give. He would say, referencing the Mishnah, that “the greatest…
When our B’nai Mitzvah students write their drashot, they identify a lesson that one can derive from their parsha and prepare to teach it to…
Inheritance is such a touchy subject. When my dad was much younger, his parents gathered all of their children together…
How does that old commercial go? Double your Parsha, double your fun? No? Well, that’s our story this week, and…
This week’s Torah portion, Korach, begins in the shadow of catastrophe. The people have just been told that their generation…
In this week’s Torah portion, Sh’lach, Moses sends twelve scouts into the Land of Israel with a simple mission: gather…