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News HighlightsCelebrating Rabbi Yitz Greenberg’s Triumph of Life

Seventy Faces of Torah The Bells That Still Can Ring: On Rest and Action

I wonder if there is a song lyric quoted more often in High Holiday sermons than...

Rabbinical School Divrei Torah Getting to Fifty: Some texts evoking thoughts about Shavu’ot as the day following the 49th day

Introduction Shavo’ut is unique among the biblical pilgrimage holidays in that...

Shavuot Sefirot HaOmer

Over the past few years, the somewhat esoteric practice of connecting the counti...

Community Blog The Sacred Work of Interreligious Learning and Leadership

I was recently elected board chair of the Boston Theological Institute (BTI),...

Leviticus The Human Soul is a Candle of God: Finding Meaning in Existence

Parashat Emor, Leviticus 21:1-24:23 (Also read this blog on The Huffington Post)...

Community Blog Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement

Keren McGinity, Ph.D., director of the new  Interfaith Families Jewish Engagem...