Weekly Torah Commentaries

Shlah

Numbers 13:1-15:41

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Text Studies

Reputation Is Everything by Rabbi Andrea Lerner

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

 

Seeing Beneath The Surface by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

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

 

The Eyes Have It by Rabbi Randy E. Sheinberg

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

Commentaries

Very, Very Good by Miriam and John Schlackman

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

 

Slowly Healing the World by James Jacobson-Maisels

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

 

The Blue of the Ocean, the Sky, and the Tzitzit by Elizabeth Richman

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

 

A Focus on the Here and Now by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

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

 

Scouting For Self-Confidence by Steven Greenberg

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

 

The Power Of Perception by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

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

 

Fringe Story, by Rabbi Lisa Gelber

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

 

Sticks And Stoned by Rabbi Avraham Fischer

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

 

How Do Activists Remain Active? by Nina Wouk

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

 

Fringed With Faith by Melanie Kohler Levav

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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