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Torah to the People — 290 episodes
Temple's Tomorrow Today | Rabbi Greenstein | 5/8/26
A Shabbat of Time | Rabbi Sternberg | 5/1/26
More Than Skin Deep | Rabbi Greenstein | 4/17/26
A Time for Silence and a Time for Speaking | Rabbi Sternberg | 4/10/26
Rabbi Ross Shabbat Sermon | 4/3/26
Last Day of Passover Yizkor Service | "They Are Still With Us" - Rabbi Micah Greenstein
The Fire of the Altar is in You | Rabbi Greenstein | 3/27/26
The Least Understood Book of the Torah | Rabbi Greenstein | 3/20/26
Women's History Shabbat | Rabbi Sternberg | 3/13/26
This Strange Purim | Rabbi Levy | 3/6/26
Increasing Our Joy, Finding Balance | Rabbi Sternberg | 2/27/26
Building Blocks of Holiness | Rabbi Levy | 2/20/26
RePro Shabbat | 2/13/26
To Pray as a Jew | Adult Education | Rabbi Levy | 2/11/26
Why Are the 10 Commandments in the Torah Portion Named for a Gentile? | Rabbi Greenstein | 2/6/26
Let Us Sing | Rabbi Ross Levy | 1-31-26
Uncovering What is Hidden | Rabbi Levy | 1/23/26
God Appeared in Memphis Today | Rabbi Greenstein | 1/16/26
Civil Disobedience: Turn Away From Evil and Do Good | Rabbi Greenstein | 1/9/26
A New Year of Strength | Rabbi Sternberg | 1/2/26
At The Dawn of the New Year | Rabbi Greenstein | 12-26-25
Rabbi Leah Sternberg Installation Sermon | 12/12/25
Expanding Our Identities | Rabbi Sternberg | 12/5/25
Thanksgiving, Judaism, and the Growth of a Soul | Rabbi Greenstein | 11/28/25
The Light Inside | Rabbi Greenstein | 11/21/25
All Life is Relationship | Rabbi Greenstein | 11/14/25
Peering Through the Flames | Rabbi Levy | 10/31/25
Noticing a Rainbow | Rabbi Sternberg | 10/24/25
Fragility and Joy to Everything Turn, Turn, Turn | Rabbi Greenstein and Elana Arian | 10/10/25
Prisoners of Hope | Rabbi Ross Levy | 10-325
Both Sides Now | Rabbi Greenstein | 9-26-25
Are You Paying Attention | Rabbi Levy | 9/22/25
The Power of One Voice | Rabbi Levy | 9/19/25
Ki Tavo: A Collective "Amen" | Rabbi Sternberg | 9/12/25
You Must Not Remain Indifferent | Rabbi Greenstein | 9/5/25
In Search of a Safe Society | Rabbi Ross Levy
When Right is Always Right and Wrong is Always Wrong | Rabbi Greenstein | 9/22/25
Love Your Neighbor As Yourself | Rabbi Sternberg | 8/15/25
The Most Important Lesson You'll Ever Learn | Rabbi Greenstein | 8/8/25
Turning Hate Into Love | Rabbi Sternberg | 8/1/25
Those Who Sow, Who Sow In Tears | Rabbi Sternberg | 7/25/25
Do Not Live In Fear | Rabbi Greenstein | 7/18/25
Building A Community of Wonder, Growth, and Belonging | Rabbi Sternberg | 7/4/25
May You Be Blessed, As You Have Blessed Me | Rabbi Jeff's Farewell Sermon, with remarks from Leigh Mansberg and Rabbi Micah Greenstein | 06-20-26
Do What You Can | Lin Turner | 6/13/25
Not All Who Wander | Rabbi Levy | 6/6/25
Shavuot: Our Stories, Ourselves | Rabbi Levy | 5/30/25
Words That Harm and Words That Heal | Rabbi Levy | 5/23/25
The New Light of the Danziger Chapel: If We Loved Like That | Rabbi Greenstein ft. Elana Arian | 5/16/25
Teachers and their Schoolchildren are Society’s Greatest Ornaments | Rabbi Greenstein | 5/9/25
Remembering the Freedom To | Rabbi Levy | 5/2/25
What You Can Do Right Now To Help Save The Soul of Israel's Future | Rabbi Greenstein | 4/25/25
They Are Still With Us | Rabbi Greenstein | 4/19/25
Fulfilling the Promise and Legacy of Our Ancestors | Rabbi Dreifus | 4/18/25
Why Passover is More than Chicken Soup and Matzah Balls -Rabbi Greenstein, 4-11-25
Torah to the People #13 - World Zionist Congress Elections with Rabbi Lindsey Danziger and Sally Rosenberg
Renewing Judaism, Renewing Ourselves; Rabbi Jeff Dreifus | 4-4-25
R'fuah Sh'leimah: Hollistic Health; Rabbi Ross Levy
Perhaps You Were Born For Such a Time as This | Rabbi Dreifus | 3/14/25
Remembering to Remember | Rabbi Levy | 3/7/25
Clear the Hatred From Our Hearts to Make Space for God | Rabbi Dreifus | 2/28/25
Choosing Love | Rabbi Levy | 2/21/25
Can God be Heard in the Pits of Gaza? | Rabbi Dreifus | 2/14/25
Sing Unto God | Rabbi Levy | 2-7-25
The Miracle of Coming Home | Rabbi Dreifus | 1/31/25
Hope from the Narrows: Bring Them Home | Rabbi Dreifus | 1/24/25
Human Heroes | Rabbi Levy | 1/17/25
Don’t Embarrass People, Even When They Have Something in their Teeth | Rabbi Dreifus | 1/3/25
Seeing and Kindling the Light in Other People, No Matter Who We Are | Rabbi Jeff Dreifus
Let The Light In | Rabbi Greenstein ft. Cantorial Soloist Eleanor Tallie Steinberg | 12/13/24
Unsung Heroes and Lost Voices | Rabbi Levy | 12/6/24
Give Thanks For Your Parachute Packers | Rabbi Greenstein | 11/29/24
Living a Life of Relationship | Rabbi Levy | 11/22/24
Questioning God is a Mitzvah: Just Ask Abraham | Rabbi Greenstein | 11/15/24
From Israel to Memphis | Rabbi Shira Milgrom | 11/8/24
Stand United, Change the World | Rabbi Dreifus | 11/1/24
Imitating God by Wrestling With the Fear of Failure, Student Rabbi Josh Less, 10/25/24
Love Doesn't Die; Rabbi Greenstein's Simchat Torah:Yizkor message
When Enough is Enough, Rabbi Greenstein, 10/18/24
Standing Up For Jews: Rewriting Our Story, Rabbi Dreifus, 10/12/24
The World Without Israel, Israel Without The World, Rabbi Greenstein, 10/11/24
How Much Free Will Do We Really Have?, Rabbi Greenstein, 10/4/24
Rabbi Greenstein’s Rosh Hashanah Sermon
A Piece of Us, A Piece of You, Rabbi Levy, 10/2/24
We Are the People Who Shaped Us, Rabbi Dreifus, 9/27/24
Countdown To The High Holy Days: We Are All Works In Progress, Rabbi Greenstein, 9/20/24
Echoes of the Past, Visions of the Future, Rabbi Levy, 9/13/24
Hope After Hope, Rabbi Levy, 9/6/24
Torah to the People #19 - Rabbi Ross with Dr. Sarah Ifft Decker
Sending New Blessings One Package at a Time, Rabbi Dreifus, 8/30/24
Guest Speaker Abraham Silver Gives his Account of October 7th
Finding Comfort in Love, Rabbi Greenstein, 8/16/24
Torah To The People #18: Rabbi Ross Levy on his Recent Israel Trip
Tell Me a Story, Rabbi Levy, 8/9/24
5784 - Leadership - Stepping Aside for the People You Serve, Rabbi Dreifus, 8/2/24
My Liberal Zionism, Rabbi Levy, 7/26/24
Mah Tovu, How Good with an 83 Year Old Bar Mitzvah Boy at Temple Israel Memphis, Rabbi Greenstein, 7/19/24
Torah To The People #17: Benny Tsaig and Eleanor Tallie Steinberg - Growing up Alongside the State of Israel
How to Complain Less and See More Good, Rabbi Dreifus, 7/12/24
Leadership: Service or Self-Interest?, Rabbi Dreifus, 7/5/24
"New Eyes" Rabbi Greenstein, 06-28-24
The Light of the Menorah - The Light We Bring, Rabbi Dreifus, 6/21/24
The Torah's Message For All Parents On Father's Day Weekend, Rabbi Greenstein, 6/14/24
I Can't Believe He's Still Dead - Rabbi Micah Greenstein
Gun Violence in Memphis, Otis Sanford, 6/7/24
The Heart of Pride, Jill Samuels, 5/31/24
Lag Ba’omer: Piercing the Pall of Grief
Priests and Jewish Light: To Life and Not Death, Rabbi Greenstein, 5/17/24
Call Your Mama, Call On Her Always!, Rabbi Greenstein, 5/10/24
You Are The Answer, Rabbi Greenstein, 5/3/24
We Have Scars. We are Strong. Israel Today, Rabbi Dreifus, 4/12/24
Embracing the Joy while Shouldering the Heavy, Rabbi Dreifus, 4/26/24
Temple 2026: Sharing Our Vision Together, President Wendy Rotter, 4/19/24
Torah to the People #16 - Panel of Israeli Survivors of October 7th
Budding Hope in Nisan, Rabbi Levy, 4/5/24
Torah to the People #15 - Margo Fogelman, Jill Shanker, and Rabbi Jeff Dreifus on their Recent Trip to Israel
Priests and Prophets, Rabbi Greenstein, 3/29/24
Unmasking Purim and Ourselves, Rabbi Levy, 3/22/24
Women in Jewish Music and "And the Youth Shall See Visions", Cantor Emily Groff-Heilborn, 3/8/24
Israel 5 months later: Only Together Will We Win, Rabbi Dreifus
Torah to the People #14 - Hannah Chanin
Someone to Love: The Torah Portion 2 Days After Valentine's, Rabbi Greenstein, 2/16/24
Opening the Eyes of Justice: NCJW RePro Shabbat, Rabbi Levy, 2/9/24
Lurking in the Shadows: Anti-Semitism Through the Eyes of Zak Osmo, 2/2/24
The Miracle of Trees, The Miracles All Around, Rabbi Dreifus, 1/26/24
Torah to the People #5 - Spiritual Accounting with Mark and Michelle Levine
Torah to the People #13 - Music and the Sacred with Elana Arian
Torah to the People #12 - An Update from Israel with Student Rabbi Josh Scharff
Torah to the People #11 - Black Hebrew Israelites with Rabbi Brett Weisman
Torah to the People #10 - Anna Herman on Jacobs Camp and Jewish Camping
Torah to the People #9 - Jimmy Jalenak’s Jewish Journey
Torah to the People #8 - Susan Adler Thorp on Rabbi James A. Wax: Righteous Among Men - A Life Dedicated to Social Justice
Torah to the People #7 - Spiritual Accounting with Billy Orgel
Torah to the People #6 - Rabbi Harry Danziger in Conversation with Rabbi Jeff Dreifus
A Sign Upon Your Hand: Spiritual Attention, Rabbi Ross Levy, 1/19/24
It’s Never Too Late to Become Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Rabbi Greenstein, 1/12/24
Unlikely Heroes, Rabbi Levy, 1/5/24
Vayechi 5784 - Family the Stays Together, Rabbi Dreifus, 12/29/23
My 72 Hours in Israel This Week, Rabbi Greenstein, 12/22/23
Don’t Forget the Hostages - Parashat Miketz, Rabbi Dreifus, 12/15/23
The Miracle of the First Day (Rabbi Ross Levy) and God will Light a Star, (Russel Strauss)
Moving from Grief to Hanukkah Hope, Rabbi Greenstein featuring Elana Arian, 12/1/23
Music and the Sacred with Elana Arian
Jewish Stuffing on a Thanksgiving Shabbat, Rabbi Greenstein, 11/24/23
Knower of Secrets: Holding on to Hope- Rabbi Levy, 11-17-23
Torah to the People #12 - An Update from Israel with Student Rabbi Josh Scharff
Kesef Maleh: Those Who Give, Receive More Than They Get, Rabbi Greenstein, 11/10/23
A Room Fit for a Prince, Rabbi Dreifus, 11/3/23
The Power of Jewish Joy, Rabbi Levy, 10/27/23
Noah, Hamas, and the Flood that Destroyed the World, Rabbi Greenstein, 10/20/23
Humanity, Where Are You? Israel This Week, Rabbi Dreifus, 10/13/23
Israel: Do Miracles Last Forever?, Rabbi Dreifus, 9/24/23
Beauty Around the Imperfections, Cantor Emily Groff-Heilborn, 9/22/23
Breaking the Binds/ the Akeidah and Us, Rabbi Ross Levy
Installation of Rabbi Ross Levy
Monarch Butterflies and Gratitude for those who Came Before, Rabbi Dreifus, 9-01-23
How Our Teachers Shape Us, Rabbi Dreifus, 8/25/23
Family Shabbat, Rabbi Levy, 8-18-23
To Live is to Choose, Rabbi Greenstein, 8-11-23
Fighting for Israel’s Soul...Through Compromise, Rabbi Dreifus, 8/4/23
Sadness: Tisha B’Av in the 21st Century, Rabbi Levy, 7/28/23
When Words Fail, Rabbi Greenstein, 7/21/23
Wisdom from Hindsight for Right Now, Rabbi Dreifus, 7/14/23
Standing Up to see Each Person’s Dignity, Rabbi Jeff Dreifus, 7-7-23
Monthly Moons, Summer stars, and Jewish Superstitions, Rabbi Greenstein, 6/30/23
Good leaders, Bad Leaders, Rabbi Greenstein, 6/23/23
Help and Courage from Unlikely Places, Rabbi Greenstein, 6/16/23
Nigun (Ball Shem No. 2) by Ernest Bloch, performed by Basil Alter, 6/9/23
Pride Shabbat with Michael Eisenstatt, 5-6-23
Memory is Not Our Past. It is Who We Are., Rabbi Dreifus, 5/26/23
Everybody Counts, Everybody’s Special, Rabbi Dreifus, 5/19/23
Graduation Shabbat, Rabbi Greenstein, 5/12/23
A Charge to the Confirmation Class of 2023, Rabbi Dreifus, 5-5-23
169th Annual Meeting & Leadership Shabbat- Rabbi Micah Greenstein and Rabbi Jeff Dreifus
All Else Failed, D’Var Torah from author Dana Sachs, 4/21/23
A Shabbat Service of Commonality, Rabbi Greenstein, 4/14/23
Passover, Tennessee, and Freedom from Gun Violence, Rabbi Greenstein, 4/7/23
The Flame of Jewish Faith, Rabbi Greenstein, 3/31/23
Teens are our Future, Rabbi Greenstein, 3/24/23
Meditation from Thais, Basil Alter, 3/10/23
The Serious Side of Purim, Rabbi Greenstein, 3/3/23
Finding Holy Space, Rabbi Dreifus, 2/24/23
Torah to the People #11 - Black Hebrew Israelites with Rabbi Brett Weisman
Abortion, Judaism, and the many sins in overturning Roe v. Wade, Rabbi Greenstein, 2/17/23
Revelation These Days, Rabbi Dreifus, 2/10/23
Why a Jew Must Protest Injustice, Rabbi Greenstein, 2/3/23
Tyre Nichols and Hearing Our Cries, Rabbi Dreifus, 1/27/23
Softening Our Hearts to Suffering, Rabbi Dreifus, 1/20/23
How Old Are You?, Rabbi Greenstein, 1/6/23
Pulling Ourselves Up Out of the Pit of Darkness, Rabbi Dreifus, 12-30-22
Torah to the People #10 - Anna Herman on Jacobs Camp and Jewish Camping
Balancing Tradition with Outside Influence, Rabbi Dreifus, 12/23/22
Incremental Progress is Real Progress, Rabbi Dreifus, 12/16/22
Yoga and Judaism, Rabbi Tara Feldman, 12-9-22
Wrestling with Ourselves to Overcome our Faults, Rabbi Dreifus, 12/2/22
Blessings- Turning Gratitude into Holiness, Rabbi Jeff Dreifus 11-25-22
Music Belongs to Everyone 11-18-22
Care: How People of Faith Can Respond to Our Broken Health System, Dr. G. Scott Morris, 11/11/22
Israel’s Elections - We Must Remain A Blessing, Rabbi Dreifus, 11/4/22
Torah to the People #9 - Jimmy Jalenak’s Jewish Journey
How to Stand Up Against Antisemitism, Rabbi Dreifus, 10/28/22
The One Word Not To Say Looking Back On Your Life, Rabbi Greenstein, 10/21/22
Finding Joy With What We Have, Rabbi Dreifus, 10/14/22
Sukkot on the Horizon: Fragility and Joy, Rabbi Greenstein, 10/7/22
This Year, Choose Life, Rabbi Dreifus, 10/5/22
It’s Never the Right Time to Lose Someone You Love, Rabbi Greenstein, 10/5/22
Who’s Fault is it Anyway?, Rabbi Greenstein, 10/4/22
We All Need Saving, Rabbi Greenstein, 9-30-22
It’s All About the Ayin, Rabbi Greenstein, 9/26/22
Seeing the Humanity in Others, Even Those With Whom We Disagree, Rabbi Dreifus, 9/25/22
Renewing the Covenant in the Year Ahead, Rabbi Dreifus, 9/23/22
Ki Tavo: When You Enter the Land of Memphis, Rabbi Greenstein, 9/16/22
Preparing Your Heart for the High Holy Days (Part 2), Rabbi Dreifus, 9/7/22
Torah to the People #8 - Susan Adler Thorp on Rabbi James A. Wax: Righteous Among Men - A Life Dedicated to Social Justice
After the Darkest Week - Bringing Love and God into the World, Rabbi Dreifus, 9/9/22
From Zion to Jerusalem...and Back, Rabbi Greenstein, 9/2/22
Preparing Your Heart for the High Holydays (Part1), Rabbi Greenstein, 8/31/22
Balancing What is with What Could Be, Rabbi Dreifus, 8/26/22
Channeling Our Impulses, Rabbi Greenstein, 8/19/22
Moving Beyond Tolerance: Uncovering the Holiness Within Each of Us, Rabbi Stein, 8/12/22
Moving From Baseless Hatred to Unconditional Love, Rabbi Greenstein, 8/5/22
Changing Into Who We Are - At Camp, Rabbi Dreifus, 7/29/22
When Fanatics Go Too Far, Rabbi Greenstein, 7/22/22
Torah to the People #7 - Spiritual Accounting with Billy Orgel
Learning to See From Our Animals, Rabbi Dreifus, 7/15/22
The People Who Water Our Souls, Rabbi Dreifus, 7/8/22
This Week’s Misdirected Rebellion in the Torah - Korach, Rabbi Greenstein, 7/1/22
Listening to Others, Rabbi Greenstein, 6/24/22
Torah to the People #6 - Rabbi Harry Danziger in Conversation with Rabbi Jeff Dreifus
A Second Chance at Freedom, Marisa Baggett, 6/17/22
Zebrokhnkayt - Healing Broken-heartedness, Rabbi Greenstein, 6/10/22
The Married Ones, Carol Levy and Gail Berkowitz, 6/3/22
2000 Years in Two Sessions - The Quest to Define Who is a Jew (Part 2), Rabbi Simons, 12/22/21
Everything You Wanted to Know About Jewish Food (Part 2), Rabbi Simons, 3/11/22
Creating a Just Society, Rabbi Greenstein, 5/27/22
We Are Who We Came From, Rabbi Greenstein, 5-20-22
Israel in the Womb/ How Israel Became a State (week 2) with Josh Scharff, Rabbi Dreifus, 5/15/2022
Abortion is a Jewish Value, Rabbi Simons, 5/13/22
Israel in the Womb: How Israel Became a State with Josh Scharff, Rabbi Dreifus, 5/8/22
”Reform Jews Love the Torah but Hate to Read It”, Rabbi Simons, 4/29/22
Not Just a Survivor: Dr. Rochy Leibowitz-Miller’s Honors Her Late Mother, Rabbi Greenstein, 4/27/22
Hinenu: Here We Are, Leigh Mansberg, 4/22/22
Torah to the People #5 - Spiritual Accounting with Mark and Michelle Levine
The Greatest Passover Story From Egypt and the Ukraine, Rabbi Greenstein, 4/15/22
Roots/Shorashim, Rabbi Schlesinger, 4/8/22
Everything You Wanted to Know About Jewish Food Part 3, Rabbi Simons and Rabbi Dreifus, 3/25/22
Music in Midrash, Rabbi Greenstein, Elana Arian, Happie Hoffman, Coleen Dieker, 4/1/22
Torah to the People #4 - Dr. Lana and Yuri Yanishevski on Helping Ukrainian Children with Cancer
Echoes of Ukraine and Iwo Jima, Rabbi Greenstein, 3/25/22
Purim and Ukraine: Hiding Our Brokenness and Praying for Wholeness, Rabbi Dreifus, 3/18/22
The Sin of Being Silent, Rabbi Simons, 3/11/22
Ukraine and Russia - A Brief History, Professor Joshua First, 3/6/22
Jews, Food, and Jewish Food, Rabbi Dreifus, 3/4/22
Refugee Shabbat Sermon from Elissa Taub, 3/4/22
Torah to the People #3 - Judy Bearman and Sally Rosenberg on Embracing Judaism
Journey to 50: Celebrating Women Rabbis - Temple Israel Roundtable, 2/27/22
The Mishkan: From Memphis To Kyiv, Rabbi Greenstein, 2/25/22
Cancel Culture and Learning From Our Mistakes, Rabbi Dreifus, 2/18/22
Torah to the People #2 - Marisa Baggett on Art as Jewish Expression
What’s In Two Words?, Rabbi Wohlner, 2/11/22
Beauty and the Rabbis, Rabbi Greenstein, 2/4/22
Torah to the People #1 - Judy Ringel and the History of Temple Israel
Why is Slavery Still in the Bible, Rabbi Greenstein, 1/28/22
Our Mission in the Face of Fear, Rabbi Dreifus, 1/21/2022
The Scent of Water, Reverend Dr. Rosalyn Nichols, 1/14/22
Male-Female Relationships in Israel and America, Rabbi Greenstein and Dr. Ilana Kwartin, 1/6/22
The Meaning of Matzah, Rabbi Simons, 1/7/22
A Healthy and Resilient New Year, Rabbi Greenstein, 12/31/21
Don’t Get Stuck on the Narrow Bridge, Rabbi Dreifus, 12/24/21
Memories Are Our Most Precious Possession, Rabbi Greenstein, 12/17/21
Who is a Jew? 2000 Years in Two Sessions (Part 1), Rabbi Simons, 12/8/21
Preserving Dignity in Death with Dr. Alan Molk and Rabbi Micah Greenstein, 12/16/21
Torah in a Time of Plague (Part 3), Rabbi Dreifus, 12/15/21
To Be Torah, Rabbi Greenstein, 12/3/21
Coming Home to Hope, Rabbi Greenstein, 11/26/21
Seeing The Other, Seeing God, Rabbi Dreifus, 11/19/21
Torah in a Time of Plague (Part 2), Rabbi Dreifus, 11/18/21
One Vow, Two Opinions, Rabbi Simons, 11/12/21
If This is So, Why Do I Exist, Rabbi Wohlner, 11/5/21
Pittsburgh 3 Years Later, Rabbi Greenstein, 10/29/21
Torah in a Time of Plague (Part 1), Rabbi Dreifus, 10/27/21
History and Hatred: Judaism‘s Response (Part 3), Rabbi Greenstein, 10/20/21
Never Alone, Rabbi Wohlner, 10/22/21
The World is A Palace: Aglow and On Fire, Rabbi Dreifus, 10/15/21
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Holiness, Dr. Joe Levy, 9/16/21
History and Hatred: Judaism‘s Response (Part 2), Rabbi Greenstein, 10/13/21
History and Hatred: Judaism‘s Response (Part 1), Rabbi Greenstein, 10/6/21
Noah and the Pandemic, Rabbi Greenstein, 10/8/21
Life Reimagined - Chayim M‘shuparim, Rabbi Greenstein, Rosh Hashanah, 2021
Will This Time Be Different?, Rabbi Wohlner, Erev Rosh Hashanah, 2021