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R. Shai Held: A God Who Weeps
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Hayyei Sarah: Personal Prayer and the Amidah
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat VaYera: Compromise and Acceptance
R. Ethan Tucker: Do We Really Think Monotheists Believe in the Same God?
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Lekh Lekha: Searching for Unexpected Moral Heroes Through Prayer
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Noah: Praying a Few Words at a Time
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Bereishit: Relational Prayer
Dena Weiss: Can We Reverse the Irreversible?
R. Mich'ael Rosenberg: Return, Ascent, and Bloodied Wings
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Nitzavim: Torah of Teshuvah, Part 1
R. Elie Kaunfer: The Deeper Meaning of Avinu Malkeinu
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Ki Tavo: Reenacting Sinai
R. Elie Kaunfer: Who By Fire? The Most Controversial Prayer in Jewish Life
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Ki Teitzei: Sexual Ethics - Consent, Community, Covenant
R. Aviva Richman: Kingship in the Machzor
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Shoftim: Torah Fueled by Our Questions
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Re'eh: Eat, Crave, Love
R. Yitz Greenberg: Recreating Ourselves Through Teshuvah
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Eikev: Being Like God
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Va'Ethanan: On Prayer and the Possible
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Devarim: Moshe's Second Song
R. Aviva Richman: Words That Make Or Break Our World
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Mattot-Masei: Moshe's Second Song
R. Yitz Greenberg: The Triumph of Life, Part 3
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Pinchas: Moshe's Mitzvah for God
R. Yitz Greenberg: The Triumph of Life, Part 2
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Balak: A People’s Prophet, A Prophet’s People
R. Yitz Greenberg: The Triumph of Life, Part 1
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Chukkat: Critique and Creativity
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Korach: Fire and Flower
Dena Weiss: Making Shabbat Your Own, Part 2
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Shelach: Believing in Ourselves, Owning Our Inheritance
R. Shai Held: Wanting God Near Us
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat BeHa'alotekha: A Small and Steady Light
R. Avi Strausberg: I Cannot Tell a Lie... Or Can I?
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Naso: One Mitzvah at a Time
R. Tali Adler: Words That Cannot Be Written
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Bemidbar: Dismantling Holiness with Love
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat BeHukotai: From Curse to Catalyst
Dena Weiss: Making Shabbat Your Own
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Behar: Shemittah - A Restrained and Wild Love
R. Shai Held and Shira Hecht-Koller: The World as a Gift
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Emor: God Who Desires Desire
Dena Weiss: Pride and Privilege
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Kedoshim: Radical Ratzon
R. Shai Held: Theology in a Time of Climate Emergency
R. Ethan Tucker: Midrash and Rabbinic Imagination, Part 3
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Metzora: Speech That Heals
R. Ethan Tucker: Midrash and the Rabbinic Imagination, Part 2
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Tazria: Torah Rooted in the Real
R. Ethan Tucker: Midrash and the Rabbinic Imagination, Part 1
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Shemini: Whiplash and Endurance
R. Avi Strausberg: The Danger of Hope
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Tzav: Constancy and Intermittence
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Vayikra: "Calling In"
Dena Weiss: The Lost Sons of Avraham
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Pekudei: Shifting Expectations
R. Elie Kaunfer: The Strange Case of Moshe's Death
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat VaYakhel: Moshe's Gamble
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Ki Tissa: A Radical Shabbat
R. Shai Held: When Mercy Trumps Justice
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Tetzaveh: The Pulse of Prayer
R. Avi Killip: Modern Women's Midrash as a Tool for Reading our Most Difficult Texts
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Terumah: Redemptive Relationship, Epilogue
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Mishpatim: Undoing Slavery and Acquiring Ourselves
R. Yitz Greenberg: The Great, Mighty, and Awesome God Isn't What God Used to Be
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Yitro: Redemptive Relationship, Part 3
R. Aviva Richman on Tu Bishvat and MLK Day: Fruit Trees, Access, and Equity
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat BeShallach: Redemptive Relationship, Part 2
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Bo: Redemptive Relationship, Part 1
R. Shai Held: What if Shir HaShirim Really is an Allegory After All?
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Va’Era: Calling God Into Being
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Shemot: Seeds of Slavery
R. Avi Strausberg: Bones of My Bones, Flesh of My Flesh
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat VaYechi: Unfinished Reconciliation
R. Tali Adler: Murder in a Midrashic Key
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat VaYigash: Leaning In - With Reckless Compassion
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat VaYeishev: Sexual Ethics, Part 2 - Integrity
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat VaYishlach: Sexual Ethics, Part 1 - Voice and Dignity
R. Aviva Richman: Rain, Dew, Wind, and Storm: The Quest for Nourishing Torah
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat VaYeitzei: Facing Our Blessings, Part 2
Book Talk Ft. Rachel Sharona Lewis and Sigal Samuel
R. Aviva Richman on Toldot: Facing Our Blessings, Part 1
R. Tali Adler: The Torah of Reopening Part 3
R. Tali Adler: The Torah of Reopening Part 2
R. Tali Adler: The Torah of Reopening Part 1
Ta Shma Trailer
Embracing an Overlooked Patriarch
From Sacrifice to Care: Tending the Fire of the Akeidah
Unlikely Origins of Prayer
Staying Afloat in a World of Loss
Our Troubled Origins: Creating Something From Something
Resurrection as a Core Tenet of Judaism
Choose Life: The Central Message of the Covenant
The Age of Chastisement is Over
The Travesty of Agunot
Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue
What Can We Learn From the War on Idolatry?
The Great, Mighty, and Awesome God Isn’t What S/He Used to Be
When Exodus Replaces Creation (Or Not)