Keritot 1:7
Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study
What is the relationship between ritual practice and the marketplace?
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Me鈥檌lah 5:1
Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study
Is it a crime if you cause no damage?
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Middot 2:2
Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study
How can building design and building use reinforce religious values?
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The Attention Seeking Bush
Dec 29, 2007 By David M. Ackerman | Commentary | Shemot
A recent collection of one-liners and witticisms entitled 1,003 Great Things About Being Jewishcontains a section called 鈥淲hat Passersby Said About the Burning Bush.鈥�
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Jealousy As a Test of Virtue
Dec 14, 2007 By Daniel Nevins | Commentary | Vayiggash
Gifts can make you crazy. Picking them is hard, and so is accepting them with grace.
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Joseph the Righteous One
Dec 1, 2007 By David Hoffman | Commentary | Vayeshev
I have always been deeply curious as to why鈥攐f all the characters in the Torah鈥攖he Rabbis attributed to Joseph the appellation, 鈥�丑补-罢锄补诲颈办鈥�&苍产蝉辫;(the righteous).
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Jacob’s Struggle Is Our Struggle
Nov 24, 2007 By Marc Wolf | Commentary | Vayishlah
鈥淚n olden times when wishing still helped, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which was seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face.鈥�
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Blessings From a Deathbed
Nov 22, 2007 By Charles Savenor | Commentary | Vayehi
Laying on his deathbed, Jacob beckons for his grandchildren, Ephraim and Manasseh.
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Why Are We Called the People of Israel?
Nov 17, 2007 By Edward Feld | Commentary | Vayetzei
We are called not the People Abraham, nor the People Isaac, rather we are called the People Israel, named for the third of the patriarchal family, Jacob.
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Poor Isaac
Nov 7, 2007 By David M. Ackerman | Commentary | Toledot
Poor Isaac; wedged between “exemplary” Abraham and “vivid” Jacob, he exhibits very little personality of his own.
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The Wisdom of the Wilderness
Nov 3, 2007 By Lisa Gelber | Commentary | Hayyei Sarah
When I lived in Seattle, I set aside one day each summer to visit Mount Rainier National Park and hike some trails there.
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Subverting Abraham As a Knight of Faith
Oct 26, 2007 By David Hoffman | Commentary | Vayera
In a world in which so much violence and pain are caused in the name of religion, how can we read the story of 鈥渢he Binding of Isaac鈥� as anything but what Phyllis Trible would call a 鈥渢ext of terror鈥�?
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Why the Jews?
Oct 21, 2007 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Noah
Why did the Creator of all humanity decide upon the surprising step of establishing a special relationship with one small segment of humanity?
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The Many Qualities of Abram
Oct 12, 2007 By Daniel Nevins | Commentary | Lekh Lekha
Abram in the light; Abram in the dark. Abram with men at war; Abram with women at war.
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Making Meaning From Chaos
Oct 5, 2007 By Mychal Springer | Commentary | Bereishit
The opening words of B鈥檙eishit are exhilarating. “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
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Inauguration of Arnold M. Eisen As Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary
Sep 5, 2007 By Arnold M. Eisen | Public Event video
Proclaiming that “we have important work to do,” Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen set forth his vision for the future of 91抖阴 following his investiture as the seventh chancellor of 91抖阴 on September 5, 2007.
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