Reb Carl's Column
Something’s Happening Here
Reb Carl Viniar writes about the recent rise in antisemitism and suggests some approaches to fighting back against it. [Read more…]
Month: May 2022
Living Longer-Living Better
Reflections On 50 Years Since Ordination.
It is hard to believe that this Shabbat marks the 50th anniversary of my Ordination. With my classmates we set out for our own spiritual journeys knowing that, after so many years of study and [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
ENCORE: Seekers of Meaning 5/13/2022: Rabbis Rifat Sonsino and Richard Agler, editors, “A God We Can Believe In”
This week’s guests on the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast are Rabbis Rifat Sonsino and Richard Agler, editors of a new collection of essays, A God We Can Believe In. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
B’chukotai (Leviticus 26:3-27:34) The Curse of Freedom?
This is not an easy portion. This is not an easy week to discuss it. It seems that the curses promised in the portion are all too true. When the text promises misery to us [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Seekers of Meaning 5/20/22: Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman, Ph.D., Discusses New Approaches to Liturgy and Worship
On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman, Ph.D., the Barbara and Stephen Friedman Professor Emeritus of Liturgy, Worship and Ritual at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, discusses new ways of looking at worship ritual and liturgy. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Behar (Leviticus 25:1-26:2) Leasing Land and Life?
This week’s portion, Behar, contains a wealth of challenges. We meet again the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. (25) and a series of injunctions that relate to the land, its use and issues related to redeeming a “brother” [Read more…]
Carole's Corner
Dancing in Frilly Pink Underwear
Carole Leskin recalls Ronni Bennett, whose senior blog reminded her to dance. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Seekers of Meaning 5/13/2022: Rabbis Rifat Sonsino and Richard Agler, editors, “A God We Can Believe In”
This week’s guests on the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast are Rabbis Rifat Sonsino and Richard Agler, editors of a new collection of essays, A God We Can Believe In. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) Who Can Stand In The Holy Place?
In this week’s portion, we read that no one “that has a defect ” (moom) is allowed to perform a variety of rituals. We read this in the context of laws and commands that deal [Read more…]
Reb Carl's Column
Everything old is new again
I read an article in which Lisa Kudrow told the story of her son’s bar mitzvah at a mall. Her son was 16 and had gone to the mall to purchase a new game. Some [Read more…]