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Family Reunions and Beyond

Isn’t Jacob’s peace with Esau as important as Joseph’s reconciliation with his brothers?

As You Remembered Sarah

The Torah chronicles the pain of infertility — and the ongoing hope for a child.

When It’s Better To Do Verse

What a shift from prose to poetry teaches us about Moses’ message.

Occupier and Occupied

At the front lines of trying to build Israeli-Palestinian peace.

How Much Jesus Is Too Much Jesus?

What is it about Jesus that is sometimes just too much for us Jews?

Salonican Shavuot Traditions

Sephardic memory and tradition at Shavuot.

Holiness Cannot Be Mass Produced

The artisan is as important as the ingredients used.

In Praise of Public “Guilt Offerings”

Because asking for forgiveness is a holy act.

Why is Moses Kept Out of the Tabernacle?

How the deepest intimacy can be both binding and freeing.

What Silence Conceals — and Reveals

How a tiny letter dramatically changes the meaning.

Ascending the Mountain

The work of covenant involves a lot less feeling and a lot more action.

In Forgiveness, Making Space for the Divine

To forgive is to hold on to the future more tightly than the past.

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