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Community Blog Judaism as a Path of Love

An address to Spiritual Directors International on  April 10, 2016 A rabbinic ...

Genesis Back to the Garden, and Forward

The holiday season has come and gone. Moses has ascended Mount Nebo, looked acro...

Leviticus A Priesthood of the Imperfect

Parshat Emor begins with a discussion of taboos around priestly purity, forbiddi...

Community Blog Envisioning a Jewish Future

This article originally appeared in Looking Forward, the journal of the Aspen Ce...

Exodus Learning From the Friendly Outsider

I always find it strange that this Torah portion is named for Yitro (Jethro), Mo...

Holidays Sukkot: Staying a Little Bit Longer

My sukkah, my little holiday booth, is up. A few of my students came by today, p...