Weekly Torah Commentaries

Vayetze

Genesis 28:10-32:3

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Text Studies

“I Have A Dream . . .” by Rabbi Ed Rosenthal

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

 

Jacob’s Covenant With God by Rabbi Jordan D. Cohen

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

 

Sisterhood by Rabbi Paula Goldberg

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

Commentaries

Jacob Out In the World by Avi Neuman

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

 

Awaken to Activism by Rabbi Elliot Rose Kukla

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

 

Open-Ended Journeys by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

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

 

God Was In This Place And I Did Not Know by David Elcott

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

 

Children And Deferred Dreams by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

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

 

Blaming Society by Rabbi Avraham Fischer

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

 

Complicated Relationships by Rabbi Melissa Crespy

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

 

Laban’s Excuse: Labor Ethics And “Community Standards” by Jeremy Burton

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

 

On Dreams And Reality by Pinchas Leiser

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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