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Nomi Kaltmann, in The Age

February 26, 2023

In the News

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Article; Daf yomi; Feminism; Jewish life; Legal; Reading; Talmud; Torah study; Women in Talmud; Worldwide

Daf yomi, a systemic method of studying the entire Talmud, has made Torah study more accessible. Nomi Kaltmann examines the way in which daf yomi has empowered women.

Dr. Susan Hornstein

5783/2023

Dvar Torah / Shemot / Terumah

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D’var Torah; Parshat Terumah; Parashah; Connection; Covenant; God; Har Sinai; Integration; Literary devices; Mishkan; Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks; Relationships; Service; Tanakh; Testimony

The dialectic between the two halves of Sefer Shemot may seem stark, but in reality, there is an interplay between the Divine and the human. Dr. Susan Hornstein contemplates what each half contributes, and how the aron is the perfect symbol of it.

JNS, in Jewish News Syndicate

February 23, 2023

In the News

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Article; Community; Education; Equity; Grant; Respect; Safety

Yeshivat Maharat joins the SRE Network’s program to increase awareness of making the workspace a safe place.

Tali Aronsky, in The Times of Israel

February 21, 2023

In the News

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Article; Abuse; Childhood; Funeral; Loss; Mental health; Mourning; Parenting; Tension

Upon losing her father, Tali Aronsky reflects upon what it means to mourn an abusive parent and memorialize him.

Megan K. Stack, in The New York Times

February 18, 2023

In the News

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Maharat Rori Picker Neiss; Article; ACLU; Advocacy; Children; Community; Education; Exclusion; Family; Gender expression; Legal; LGBTQ; Life; Medicine; Parenting; Perspective; Rights

Missouri parents, including Maharat Rori Picker Neiss, have taken to houses of legislation to advocate for their children and against legislation which seeks to limit transgender rights.

Naima Hirsch Gelman, in Lilith

February 17, 2023

Dvar Torah / Shemot / Mishpatim

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D’var Torah; Abortion; Autonomy; Calendar; Consent; Feminism; Megillat Esther; Midrash; Parshat Mishpatim; Politics; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Roe v Wade; Sexuality; Voices

So much conversation around Purim focuses on salvation and feminism, but there is very little conversation around consent and autonomy. Naima Hirsch Gelman delves into what it means to read Megillat Esther and Parshat Mishpatim in a post-Roe era.

Rina Krautwirth

5783/2023

Dvar Torah / Shemot / Mishpatim

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D’var Torah; Parshat Mishpatim; Parashah; Har Sinai; Justice; Legal; Literary devices; Morality; Nechama Leibowitz; Ramban; Rashi; Tanakh; Torah study

The ethical legal code laid out in Parshat Mishpatim explicitly states that the laws are God-given. Rina Krautwirth explores what justice means for our spiritual wellbeing.

Michelle Rosenberg, in Jewish News

February 17, 2023

In the News

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Rabba Dina Brawer; Article; Chesed; Climate; Kindness; Philanthropy; Support; Tradition; World Jewish Relief

Judaism is built on the pillar of kindness. In the wake of earthquakes, Rabba Dina Brawer considers what it means to be giving.

The Hartman Institute, in The Times of Israel

February 15, 2023

Multimedia

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Maharat Rori Picker Neiss; D’var Torah; Podcast; America; Argument; Compromise; Faith; Holy; Jewish life; Legal; LGBTQ; Orthodoxy; Politics; Private; Public; Pulpit; Religion; Rights; Sources; Torah study

Maharat Rori Picker Neiss blends her roles as faith leader, activist, and mom. She discusses what it means to have politics and the pulpit blended, and what it means to be a parent.

Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz

5783/2023

Dvar Torah / Shemot / Yitro

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D’var Torah; Parshat Yitro; Parashah; Calendar; Leadership; Mindfulness; Politics; Religion; Shabbat; Tanakh; Time; Word choice

The obligation to keep Shabbat is not only on the reader to observe but to ensure observance. Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz reflects upon what this responsibility means politically and religiously.

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