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Torah

In a 1902 painting, Moses addresses Pharaoh before his court
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Overturning an unjust regime? This week’s Torah portion has a lot to say.

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg January 10, 2019
“Jacob’s Body Is Taken to Canaan” by James Tissot, 1902
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Hoping through the tears as a new year dawns

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon December 20, 2018December 20, 2018
Illustration by Owen Jones from "The History of Joseph and His Brethren," 1869
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Dreaming makes the world a better place

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen November 29, 2018November 29, 2018
What are these dots about?
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

These tiny dots are a huge Torah mystery

by Rabbi Susan Leider November 23, 2018November 21, 2018
Alter, smiling, seated in a sunlit office full of books
Posted inReligion, Jewish Life

Robert Alter’s epic, literary one-man Bible

by David A.M. Wilensky November 15, 2018July 5, 2024
Posted inUncategorized, Columns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

The trials of Sarah (and her husband, Abraham)

by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan October 18, 2018October 18, 2018
"The Tower of Babel" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Tower of Babel: What is gained and lost in translation?

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau October 11, 2018October 12, 2018
array of vibrantly colored cauliflowers in green, yellow and purple
Posted inFood, Recipe, Religion, Jewish Life

A rainbow in the Torah, and on your Shabbat dinner table

by Faith Kramer October 11, 2018October 11, 2018
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

A great leader in life stays with us after death

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand September 20, 2018September 20, 2018
Posted inBay Area, Religion, Jewish Life, News

Finally, a Torah for Wilderness Torah, thanks to dying synagogue

by Maya Mirsky September 5, 2018September 5, 2018

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