Parshah Noah remains one of the most famous of all Torah. The account of the flood, the dove and the rainbow, the disturbing account of Noah’s sons, the Tower of Babel; what a portion!!! Commentators [Read more…]
Roger Price, author of the book, When Judaism Meets Science, is the guest on this week’s Seekers of Meaning Podcast. [Read more…]
And so we begin again. Our portion opens the door to the new. There is not a chapter in B’resheet that does not contain a myriad of issues; from the two stories of creation to the [Read more…]
JSA Contributor Carole Leskin reflects on friendship, companionship, and loss. [Read more…]
In this episode of the Seekers of Meaning Podcast, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of The Shalom Center in Philadelphia, discusses how the Jewish harvest festival Sukkot can be a model for teaching about Climate Change and healing the earth. [Read more…]
Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) is read during Sukkot. This Shabbat, many congregations will focus Torah study on this fantastic and challenging book. Many of us know this for Chapter 3, “for everything under heaven”, not from our [Read more…]
Sandy Taradash compares the meaning of “Homecoming” for her granddaughter and for herself. [Read more…]
Chaplain Barry Pitegoff discusses the important “unfinished business” of end-of-life healthcare directives and the Jewish approach to an “ethical will.” [Read more…]
JSA contributor Stefanie Levine Cohen writes about an early experience of understanding the divine presence of God. [Read more…]
Chag Sameach! Sukkot, our “harvest” festival, is upon us. The temporary dwelling, the Sukkah, reminds us of the fragile nature of life and, especially in our day, the delicate relationship we have with the natural world. [Read more…]
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