Shoftim
Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9
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Text Studies
Pursuing Justice For All by Rabbi Marc Israel
Provided by Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning, which creates educational resources for Jewish organizations on college campuses.
The Emergence Of Environmentalism by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger
Provided by KOLEL--The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, which is affiliated with Canada's Reform movement.
To Be Holy For God You Have To Be Wholly For God by Rabbi Jim Simon
Provided by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the central body of Reform Judaism in North America.
Quiz
Parashat Shoftim
Provided by the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, exploring Torah through the original sources.
Commentaries
The Death Penalty by Sam Berrin Shonkoff
Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.
Separation of Powers by Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels
Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.
Engage All Texts by Daniel Septimus
Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.
Wasteful Destruction by Rabbi Norman Lamm
Provided by Canfei Nesharim, providing Torah wisdom about the importance of protecting our environment.
We Are All Judges by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky
Provided by the Jewish Outreach Institute, an organization dedicated to creating a more open and welcoming Judaism.
Balance Of Power by Steve Greenberg
Provided by CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a multi-denominational think tank and resource center.
Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
Provided by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, which ordains Conservative rabbis at the University of Judaism.
Interpretive Independence by Rabbi Shimon Felix
Provided by the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel, a summer seminar in Israel that aims to create a multi-denominational cadre of young Jewish leaders.
Wary Of War by Rabbi Avraham Fischer
Provided by the Orthodox Union, the central coordinating agency for North American Orthodox congregations.
A Home Of Our Own: From Soweto To The Suburbs by Rabbi Phil Miller
Provided by SocialAction.com, an on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world.
Never Return To Egypt by Rabbi Matthew Berkowitz
Provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary, a Conservative rabbinical seminary and university of Jewish studies.
Justice And Communal Responsibility by Yoni Sherizen
Provided by the UJA-Federation of New York, which cares for those in need, strengthens Jewish peoplehood, and fosters Jewish renaissance.
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