Weekly Torah Commentaries

D'varim

Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22

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Text Studies

My Killer, My Brother by Rabbi Avi Weinstein

Provided by Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning, which creates educational resources for Jewish organizations on college campuses.

 

Words Of Admonition by Rabbi Jordan D. Cohen

Provided by KOLEL--The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, which is affiliated with Canada's Reform movement.

 

What Makes The Land Holy? by Rabbi Fred Greene

Provided by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the central body of Reform Judaism in North America.

Commentaries

Belonging To the Land by Matthew Mausner

Provided by Canfei Nesharim, providing Torah wisdom about the importance of protecting our environment.

 

How the Israelite Nation was Raised by Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

 

From Reaction to Action by Sarah Margles

Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

 

On History and Memory by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

Provided by the Jewish Outreach Institute, an organization dedicated to creating a more open and welcoming Judaism.

 

Perceptions Of Justice by Joseph Telushkin

Provided by CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a multi-denominational think tank and resource center.

 

Rebukes And Responses by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

Provided by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, which ordains Conservative rabbis at the University of Judaism.

 

Love And Land by Rabbi Ari Jacobson

Provided by the Orthodox Union, the central coordinating agency for North American Orthodox congregations.

 

“Eichah:” Where Are We Now by Rabbi James R. Michaels

Provided by SocialAction.com, an on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world.

 

Gentle Rebuke Can Lead To Return by Yael Bronner

Provided by the UJA-Federation of New York, which cares for those in need, strengthens Jewish peoplehood, and fosters Jewish renaissance.

 

Attributes of a Leader by Rabbi Lewis Warshauer

Provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary, a Conservative rabbinical seminary and university of Jewish studies.

 

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