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May 5, 2023
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Article; Rabba Dina Brawer; Humanitatian; Support; Tzedakkah; Ukraine; Values; World Jewish Relief; Worldwide
World Jewish Relief recently opened a branch in the United States, prompting conversation about which causes to next approach.
May 4, 2023
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5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Parshat Acharei Mot; Parshat Kedoshim; Parashah; Growth; Humility; Kedushah; Kedushat Levi; Mitzvot; Tanakh; Ten commandments
The Kedushat Levi has several writings on the apt subject of kedushah. Rabbi Marianne Novak contemplates our role in relation with God and the way the two interact.
5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Ability; Autism; Communication; Lens; Literary devices; Neurodivergence; Perspective; Spirituality; Structure; Torah study
In response to a student’s question, Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne explores what neurodivergent Torah is and how it can be utilized.
April 24, 2023
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Podcast; Aliyah; America; Community; Culture; Debate; Identity; Impact; Israel; Jewish life; Judgment; Perspective; Politics; Representation; Survival; Values; Worldwide
Following a debate on social media, Maharat Ruth Balinsky Friedman adds her insight to the Jewish Coffee House debate around what Zionism and a relationship with Israel can look like.
April 24, 2023
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Article; Yali Szulankski; Community; Education; Jewish life; Leadership; Support
The Jewish Education Project announces the winners of its leadership award, including Yali Szulanski for her “I Am” Project/The Neshima Initiative.
5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Parshat Tazria; Parshat Metzora; Parashah; Emotions; Ishbitzer; Lashon hara; Punishment; Strength; Tahor; Tamei; Tanakh; Tzara’at; Vulnerability
The understandings of tzara’at range from anger to vulnerability. Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer highlights the interplay between these two feelings and the ways we treat the lepers of society.
5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Parshat Shemini; Parashah; Emotions; Explanation; Grief; Loss; Meaning; Mourning; Pain; Psychology; Rashi; Silence; Tanakh; Trauma
The silence attributed to Aharon after the loss of his son is one of many ways of expressing pain. Karolyn Benger speaks about the ways in which we process trauma as opposed to filling the silence.
5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Holidays; Pesach; Community; Conversation; Experience; Identity; Life; Literary devices; Mental health; Narrative; Opposite; Psychology; Sociology; Storytelling; Values
Much of Pesach revolves around the ways in which we tell the story and identify with it. Arielle Krule provides a study guide to explore how we tell our stories.
5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Holidays; Pesach; Community; Conversation; Experience; Identity; Life; Literary devices; Mental health; Narrative; Opposite; Psychology; Sociology; Storytelling; Values
Much of Pesach revolves around the ways in which we tell the story and identify with it. Arielle Krule provides a study guide to explore how we tell our stories.