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Holidays The Many Faces of Purim

This sermon was originally delivered at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley,...

Exodus Time to Teach

Parshat Mishpatim, Exodus 21:1-24:18 Last week, my daughter and three of her fri...

Genesis No Guarantees for the Righteous

Parshat Vayishlach, Genesis 32:3-36:43 The Torah is famously laconic about the e...

Rabbinical School Divrei Torah Hayom Harat Olam

This sermon was originally delivered on Rosh Hashanah 5776 at the Newton Centre...

Community Blog While Standing on One Foot: A Compassion Practice

I have spent the last week grieving privately. Horrified — nauseated, actually...

Holidays More Than One Thing: Purim and Reflections of the Image of God