Is it good to be alone? | Parshat Balak By Yarin Raban Balaam Ben-Peor's 'blessing' is really a terrible curse. […]
Is it good to be alone? | Parshat Balak
ארכיונים: articles
Celebrating the Ethiopian Jewish Community | Parashat Chukat
Celebrating the Ethiopian Jewish Community | Parashat Chukat Nir Braudo This week, the distress of the Ethiopian-Israeli community in Israel […]
The Perils of Political Populism | Parashat Korach
“Populism is a political style that appeals to the general public’s support and sympathy by using simple, catchy messages. The […]
Vision and Reality | Parashat Shelach Lecha
Vision and Reality | Parashat Shelach Lecha Eran Baruch Parashat "Shelach Lecha", or as it is commonly known, "The Parasha […]
Queering Ruth: Lesson Plan for Shavuot & Pride Month
Queering Ruth: The Book of Ruth as a Guide for Inclusion and Welcoming ?️? A Special Lesson Plan for Shavuot […]
Widening the Circle – Parashat Bemidbar
By Avraham Eisen This week’s parasha, Bemidbar, opens the Book of Bemidbar which is the fourth of the five books […]
Do We Need Secular Mitzvot? – Parashat Behar
The mitzvot of Shemittah (the Sabbatical year) and Yovel (the Jubilee year) have undergone fascinating processes of secularization over the years. Shemittah underwent a process of new age-y individualization, and the Jubilee went through politicization. But do we really need mitzvot at all? […]
Man Does Not Live by BBQ Alone – Parashat Emor
We can understand a very meaningful message about our Jewish calendar – it is a calendar that stands in opposition to star-worship and idolatry, a calendar in which human beings take a central place in the design and determination of it. […]
Podcast: Which Secular Jews "rebuild" the Seder
Nir Braudo and Shmuel Rosner discuss the ways in which secular Jews can “re-build” the Passover Seder in the Jewish […]
Podcast: Which Secular Jews "rebuild" the Seder
Nir Braudo and Shmuel Rosner discuss the ways in which secular Jews can “re-build” the Passover Seder in the Jewish […]
