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Vayakhel By Julia Knobloch, February 26, 2022 Also in her newsletter. On Parashat Vayakhel, we often celebrate community: The contributions each individual makes to a kehilla; the collective willingness and

Beshalach By Rachel Rubin Green, January 15, 2022 After my Uncle Frank Forchheimer died in the year 2000, my parents and I cleaned out his apartment. Among a stack of

Vayechi — December 18, 2021 By Rabbinic Resident David Kaplinsky I spent this past week working my way through final exams for my third semester of rabbinical school. The week

Parshat Miketz (5782) The First Lesson in Public Administration By Larry Herman, December 4, 2021 Shabbat Shalom. Giving the drash on parshat Miketz (מִקֵּ֖ץ) when it coincides with Hanukah and

Esav Reconsidered By Michelle K Wolf, November 20, 2021 When it comes to Essau, our sages never missed a chance to disparage him, and they projected all types of evil

Vayera By Joel Elkins, October 23, 2021 The Lord appeared to Avraham at Alonei Mamre as he sat at the entrance to his tent in the mid-day heat. He looked

Chayei Sarah – October 30,  2021_5782 By Jacki Honig 525,600 minutes. 525,600 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes. How do you measure a year? As a theatre kid of the early

Shemini Atzeret – 5782/Sept. 28, 2021 By Melissa Berenbuam Life loves on.  I’ll say it again: Life loves on. These three words are attributed to Bobby McIlvaine, Jr., who perished

Parshat Noah: Tower of Babel, Take Two – October 9, 2021 By Henry Morgen Shabbat shalom. Eleven years ago on October 9th, I gave a d’rash on parshat Noah here