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October 27, 2022
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D’var Torah; Parshat Noach; Parashah; Building; Community; Family; Goal; Journey; Midrash; Mindfulness; Peace; Tanakh
When in community, we can value working in harmony or prioritize our actions over the people carrying them out. Rabba Sara Hurwitz reflects upon what went wrong in the Tower of Bavel story.
October 26, 2022
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D’var Torah; Source sheet; Abuse; Autonomy; Consent; Family; God; Love; Nation; Psychology; Relationships; Sexuality; Support; Talmud; Tanakh
The parameters of consent are defined twice in depth throughout Judaic thought. Rabbi Jeffrey Fox explores what it means to consent to religious devotion and to a sexual partner in the eyes of the sources.
October 21, 2022
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Article; Books; Creativity; Feminism; Literary devices; Literature; Midrash; Torah study
Dirshuni, a collection of midrash written by women to provide another voice to the text, utilizes word play and sources alike.
October 21, 2022
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Maharat Rori Picker Neiss; Article; Community; Education; Feminism; Jewish life; Journey; Leadership; Torah study; Women Rabbis
Over fifty years, many denominations have moved to including women in the rabbinate. Some of these leaders speak about their experiences.
2022/5783
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D’var Torah; Parshat Bereishit; Parashah; Body; Feelings; Feminism; Gender; Health; Journey; Menstruation; Physical; Sex; Sexuality; Shame; Talmud; Tanakh
The initial state of being in Gan Eden was one without shame about sex or bodies. Naima Hirsch Gelman examines what changed, and reflects upon the pains which women have been forced to accept with time. Most importantly, though, she examines how we can return to the original state.
October 20, 2022
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D’var Torah; Podcast; Art; Broadway; Colors; Completion; Complexity; Creation; Music; Musicals; Songs; Theater
Rabba Rachel Kohl Finegold and Anita Silvert kick off season two of Verses with a comparison between Sunday in the Park with George and the creation of a complete world.
2022/5783
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D’var Torah; Holidays; Sukkot; Hoshanah Rabbah; Arba minim; Chassidut; Children; Food; Psychology; Rebbe Nachman; Relationships; Society; Tanakh
Every individual has the power to make an impact. Tamar Green Eisenstat highlights the ways that a Talmudic tale of Hoshanah Rabbah imparts this message.
October 12, 2022
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Article; Holidays; Sukkot; Community; Family; Friendship; Legacy; Love; Memory; Relationships; Sukkah
The IMKHA sukkah built in the Manhattan JCC is a loving tribute from Zelda Stern and a close friend to her late husband who loved the holiday so much.
October 7, 2022
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Article; Holidays; Sukkot; Community; Family; Friendship; Legacy; Memory; Sukkah; Ushpizin
A white-walled sukkah stands empty in the Manhattan Jewish Community Center. The project, produced by Tobi Kahn and funded by Zelda Stern, allows the visitor to fill a blank space with memories.
2022/5783
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D’var Torah; Parshat Ha’azinu; Parashah; Ibn Ezra; Literary devices; Literature; Netziv; Poetry; Tanakh; Writing
Poems are beautiful in part because of their complexity. Nomi Kaltmann examines the parsha as a poem, widening the analysis to the poetry of Torah.
