2018-19 Parsha Archive

Torah Reading for Week of May 26 – June 1, 2019 By Rabbi Bruce Skolnick, MD, PhD, ’16 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We […]

Torah Reading for Week of May 19-25, 2019 “Holy Land and Holy Freedom” By Dr. Tamar Frankiel, AJRCA Professor of Comparative Religion The views expressed in this drash are those […]

Torah Reading for Week of May 12-18, 2019 “A Harvest of Faith” By Rabbi Diane Elliot, RSMT ‘06   The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We […]

Torah Reading for Week of May 5-11, 2019 “Sabbatical Freedom and Holiness” By Dr. Tamar Frankiel, AJRCA Professor of Comparative Religion The views expressed in this drash are those of […]

Torah Reading for Week of April 28-May 4, 2019 “But What of Azazel?” By Rabbi Corinne Copnick, ’15 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We […]

Torah Reading for Week of April 28-May 4, 2019 “But What of Azazel?” By Rabbi Corinne Copnick, ’15

Torah Reading for Week of April 21-27, 2019 “Remain Thankful and Carry On” By Rabbi Mindie Snyder, ’15 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We […]

Torah Reading for Week of April 14-20, 2019 “Love and Death of the First-Born” By Chaplain Muriel Dance, PhD, ’11 The views expressed in this drash are those of the […]

Torah Reading for Week of April 7-13, 2019 “Purifying Body and Spirit” By Dr. Tamar Frankiel, AJRCA Professor of Comparative Religion The views expressed in this drash are those of […]

Torah Reading for Week of March 31 – April 6, 2019 “Towards a Well-Examined Life” By Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg-Margo, ’17 The views expressed in this drash are those of the […]

Torah Reading for Week of March 24-30, 2019 “The Strange Fire of Vicarious Spirituality” By Chaplain Marita Anderson, ’16 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Torah Reading for Week of March 17-23, 2019 By Rabbi Cheryl Weiner, PhD, BCC, ’07 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome Torah insights […]

Torah Reading for Week of March 10-16, 2019 By Rabbi Anne Brener, AJRCA Professor of Ritual and Human Development The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Torah Reading for Week of March 3-9, 2019 By Cantor Sam Radwine, AJRCA Professor of Cantorial Studies   The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We […]

Torah Reading for Week of February 24 – March 2, 2019 “Thank God Almighty — Mishkan at Last!” by Dr. Tamar Frankiel, AJRCA Professor of Comparative Religion   The views […]

Torah Reading for Week of February 17-23, 2019 By Rabbi Cheryl Weiner, PhD, BCC, ’07   The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome Torah […]

Torah Reading for Week of February 10-16, 2019 “Building Today’s Mishkan” by Rabbi Beth Lieberman, ’15 This week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, is one of five parshiot that detail the building […]

Torah Reading for Week of February 3-9, 2019 “Healing G-d’s Broken Heart” by Rabbi/Cantor Eva Robbins, ’04 & ’15, AJRCA Professor of Tefillah Skills & Musical Traditions   The views […]

Torah Reading for Week of January 27-February 2, 2019 “On Ecstasy and Laundry” by Chaplain Marita Anderson, ’16   The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Torah Reading for Week of January 20-26, 2019 by Rabbi/Cantor Eva Robbins, ’04 & ’15, AJRCA Professor of Tefillah Skills & Musical Traditions The views expressed in this drash are […]

Torah Reading for Week of January 13-19, 2019 “The Sending” by Dr. Tamar Frankiel, AJRCA Professor of Comparative Religion The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Torah Reading for Week of January 6-12, 2019 “Silent Prayer in the Darkness” by Rabbi Mindie Snyder, ’15 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We […]

Torah Reading for Week of December 30, 2018 – January 5, 2019 “Va’era and a Little More” by Rabbi Bruce Skolnick, MD, PhD, ’16   The views expressed in this drash are […]

Torah Reading for Week of December 23 – 29, 2018 “Shoes” by Rabbi Eli Schochet, AJRCA Professor of Talmud The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Torah Reading for Week of December 9-15, 2018 “A Deeper Layer of Possibility” by Rabbi Beth Lieberman, ’15   Vayigash is the Torah portion which contains the reunion of Jacob with […]

Torah Reading for Week of November 25-December 1, 2018 “Dreams and Dreidels” by Rabbi Alicia Magal, ’03   The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome […]

Torah Reading for Week of November 25-December 1, 2018 “Father and Son: Let’s Talk” By Rabbi Daniel Bouskila, AJRCA Professor of Talmud The views expressed in this drash are those […]

Torah Reading for Week of November 18-24, 2018 “Godwrestling and the Midterm Elections” by Rabbi Beth Lieberman ’15   The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We […]

Torah Reading for Week of November 11-17, 2018 “Everybody Must Get Stoned” (with apologies to Bob Dylan) by Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg-Margo ‘17   The views expressed in this drash are those of […]

Torah Reading for Week of November 4-10, 2018 “Vote! It  has Consequences for this and Future Generations” by Rabbi Anne Brener, AJRCA Professor of Ritual and Human Development   The […]

Torah Reading for Week of October 28 – November 3, 2018 “End of Life Decision Making, Reconciliation, and Legacy” by Rabbi Cheryl Weiner, PhD, BCC, ‘07 The views expressed in […]

Torah Reading for Week of October 21-27, 2018 “In Search of Safe Spaces” by Rabbi Mindie Snyder, ’15 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We […]

Torah Reading for Week of October 14-20, 2018 “Steps into the Unknown with Faith” by Rabbi Alicia Magal, ’03 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Torah Reading for Week of October 7-13, 2018 “The Flood We Need” by Rabbi/Cantor Eva Robbins, ’04 & ’15 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Torah Reading for Week of September 30 – October 6, 2018 “In the Beginning… Partnership” by Rabbi Elisheva Beyer, ’06 Torah begins with the Hebrew word “Bereshit,” often translated as […]

Torah Reading for Week of September 23-29, 2018 “Joy for the Jews” by Rabbi Michael Menitoff, PhD, AJRCA Professor of Jewish Thought In order properly to celebrate the festival of […]

Torah Reading for Week of September 16-22, 2018 “Ha’azinu” by Rabbi Corinne Copnick, ’15 In the brilliantly evocative Song of Moses that appears in Ha’azinu at the end of the […]

Torah Reading for Week of September 9-15, 2018 “The Light Within the Darkness” by Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, PhD, AJRCA President Though we often read in the newspaper and social media […]

Torah Reading for Week of September 2 – 8, 2018 “Gathered Together, Then and Now” By Rabbi Alicia Magal, ’03 The views expressed in this drash are those of the […]

Torah Reading for Week of August 26-September 1, 2018 “Remember the Rainbow” By Rabbi Mindie Snyder, ’15 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome […]

Torah Reading for Week of August 19-25, 2018 “Finding Humanity in Captivity” By Rabbi Haim Ovadia, AJRCA Professor of Talmud and Sephardic Thought The views expressed in this drash are […]

Parshat Shoftim Torah Reading for Week of August 12-18, 2018 “What is Justice?” By Cantor Jonathan L. Friedmann, PhD, ’10, AJRCA Professor of Jewish Music History The views expressed in […]