Exodus.35.1-40.38 In 2000, Robert Putnam published his seminal work Bowling Alone, about the disillusionment of community in contemporary America. The basic premise of the book is that Americans used to gather together for large group activities like bowling, and, now,…
Torah Thoughts – Ki Tisa – Exodus 30:11-34:35 – “How Jews Count”
Walking through Jerusalem in my second year of rabbinical school, I was accosted by a very strange older man, whispering to me in Hebrew. “Minyan,” he said, a few times in quick staccato fashion. It was around four in the…
Torah Thoughts – Tetzaveh – Exodus 27:20-30:10 – “The Death of Forever”
Exodus 27:20-30:10 There is a line in this week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, that has particular resonance during this particular moment – chukat olam l’doratam, “a statute forever and ever throughout the generations.” How utterly audacious for our ancestors to declare…
Torah Thoughts – Terumah – Exodus 25:1-27:19 – “Generosity is Best Served in Small Doses”
Exodus 25:1-27: 19 The list of items needed to build the ancient Tabernacle given in this week’s Torah portion, Terumah, is long and intimidating. But, also inviting. Everyone “whose heart so moves them” is meant to participate. Whether they were…
“Return Again,” to Cantor Susan Wehle’s (z”l) Spirit, and Mine
by Yonina Andrea Foster, Ph.D., DLTI V cohort It was the Fall of 2017; I sat with my guitar and offered a song in Williamsville, New York. I am in the sanctuary of what I knew as Temple Beth Am,…
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