Jewish Texts

By highlighting the shadowy woman in the background, we get a rare, ironic glimpse of the dilemma of slavery in the Bible.

When Moses altered the message given to him by God, he cut women out of the revelation at Sinai.

Parashat Vayikra is filled with the killing of animals.

Both Parashat Tetzaveh and the Book of Esther are missing some central characters.

How the sacrificial system lives on.

If the Golden Calf was an abomination, why is the Tabernacle okay?

The Midianite has concerns about the well-being of the Israelites and their leader Moses.

We cannot condone the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

Is there ever justice in the death penalty?

How Parashat Re'eh illuminates the necessity of peace for growth of a nation.

Our existential relationship to our ancestors and how we learn empathy.

Dinah's debut is as quick as her disappearance in the Torah.