2019-20 Parsha Archive

Parshat Shavuot

Torah Reading for Week of May 24-30, 2020 “Creating a Hero” By Rabbi/Cantor Arik Wollheim, AJRCA Professor of Cantorial & Liturgical Studies The views expressed in this drash are those of […]

Parshat Bamidbar

Torah Reading for Week of May 17-23, 2020 “Start Up Nation” By Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg-Margo, ’17 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome Torah insights […]

Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

Torah Reading for Week of April 26-May 2, 2020 “Purity and Danger” By Cantor Jonathan L. Friedmann, Ph.D. ’10, Professor of Jewish Music History & Associate Dean of the Master of […]

Parshat Tazria-Metzora

Torah Reading for Week of April 19-25, 2020 By Rabbi Min Kantrowitz, ’04 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome Torah insights and teachings […]

Parshat Shemini & Conclusion of Passover

Torah Reading for Week of April 12-18, 2020 By Rabbi Alicia Magal, ’03 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome Torah insights and teachings […]

Parshat Tzav

Torah Reading for Week of March 29 – April 4, 2020 By Rabbi Arthur Levine, ’09 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome Torah […]

Parshat Ki Tisa & Purim

Torah Reading for Week of March 8-14, 2020 “The Hidden God?” By Rabbi Alicia Magal, ’03 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome Torah […]

Parshat Tetzaveh

Torah Reading for Week of March 1-7, 2020 “Home, Temple, Heaven” By Rabbi Haim Ovadia, AJRCA Professor of Rabbinics The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Parshat Terumah

Torah Reading for Week of February 23-29, 2020 “The Tabernacle Within” By Rabbi Corinne Copnick, ’15 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome Torah […]

Parshat Mishpatim

Torah Reading for Week of February 16-22, 2020 By Rabbi/Cantor Arik Wollheim, AJRCA Professor of Liturgical Studies The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome […]

Parshat Yitro

Torah Reading for Week of February 9-15, 2020 “What’s In a Name?” By Rabbi Bruce Skolnick, MD, PhD, ’16 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Parshat Beshalach

Torah Reading for Week of February 2-8, 2020 By Rabbi/Cantor Arik Wollheim, AJRCA Professor of Liturgical Studies The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome […]

Parshat Bo

Torah Reading for Week of January 26 – February 1, 2020 “Who Are The Real Jews?” By Rabbi Beth Lieberman, ’15   We are in the book of Exodus in […]

Parshat Va’era

Torah Reading for Week of January 19-25, 2020 “Making Visible That Which Is Hidden” By Chaplain Marita Anderson, ’16 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Parshat Shemot

Torah Reading for Week of January 12-18, 2020 “Empathy: The Commencement of Redemption” By Rabbi Tal Sessler, PhD, AJRCA Professor of Rabbinics The views expressed in this drash are those […]

Parshat Vayechi

Torah Reading for Week of January 5-11, 2020 By Cantor/Rabbi Arik Wollheim, AJRCA Professor of Cantorial & Liturgical Studies The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Parshat Vayigash

Torah Reading for Week of December 29, 2019 – January 4, 2020 “What’s in a Name? By Rabbi Cheryl Weiner, PhD, BCC, ’07 The views expressed in this drash are […]

Parshat Miketz & Hanukkah

Torah Reading for Week of December 22-28, 2019 “To Run Where the Brave Dare Not Go” By Rabbi Mindie Snyder, ’15 The views expressed in this drash are those of […]

Parshat Miketz & Hanukkah

Torah Reading for Week of December 22-28. 2019   By Rabbi Alicia Magal, ’03   The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome Torah insights […]

Parshat Vayeshev

Torah Reading for Week of December 15-21, 2019 “To be the Oldest Child” By Chaplain Muriel Dance, PhD, ’11 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Parshat Vayishlach

Torah Reading for Week of December 8-14, 2019 “Reconciliation: Our Personal Jacob and Esau “ By Rabbi Cheryl Weiner, PhD, BCC, ’07 The views expressed in this drash are those […]

Parshat Vayetze

Torah Reading for Week of December 1-7, 2019 “Not Your Parents’ Mount Moriah” By Rabbi Beth Lieberman, ’15   This portion, which begins our ancestor Jacob’s transition into young adulthood, […]

Parshat Toldot

Torah Reading for Week of November 24-30, 2019 “What Can We Learn from Isaac?” By Rabbi Min Kantrowitz, ’04 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. […]

Parshat Chayei Sarah

Torah Reading for Week of November 17-23, 2019 “The Eyes Have It” By Rabbi Janet Madden, PhD, ’11 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We […]

Parshat Vayera

Torah Reading for Week of November 10-16, 2019 “The Visitors” By Rabbi Bruce Skolnick, MD, PhD. ’16   The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We […]

Parshat Noach

Torah Reading for Week of October 27 – November 2nd, 2019 “Humanity 2.0: The Flood and the Creative Process” By Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg-Margo, ’17 The views expressed in this drash […]

Parshat Sukkot

Torah Reading for Week of October 13-19, 2019 “The Joy of Sukkot” By Rabbi Corinne Copnick, ’15 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome […]

Parshat Vayelech/Yom Kippur

Torah Reading for Week of September 29-October 5, 2019 “Spiritual Intimacy” By Rabbi Haim Ovadia, AJRCA Professor of Talmud & Sephardic Thought The views expressed in this drash are those […]

Parshat Nitzavim

Torah Reading for Week of September 22-28, 2019 “Seek God, Find…” By Rabbi Haim Ovadia, AJRCA Professor of Talmud & Sephardic Thought The views expressed in this drash are those […]

Parshat Ki Tetze

Torah Reading for Week of September 8-14, 2019 “The Torah and the Asylum Seeker” By Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, PhD, AJRCA President & Professor of Mysticism & Rabbinics The views expressed […]

Parshat Shoftim

Torah Reading for Week of September 1-7, 2019 “What is Justice?” By Cantor Jonathan Friedmann, PhD, ’10, AJRCA Professor of Jewish Music History The views expressed in this drash are […]

Parshat Re’eh

Torah Reading for Week of August 25-31, 2019 “Reflection and Renewal” By Rabbi Cheryl Weiner, PhD, BCC, ’07 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome […]

Parshat Ekev

Torah Reading for Week of August 18-24, 2019 “Love Cries Power” By Rabbi Mindie Snyder, ’15 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome Torah […]

Parshat Va’etchanan

Torah Reading for Week of August 11-17, 2019 “Holy Supplication” By Rabbi Janet Madden, PhD, ’11 The views expressed in this drash are those of the author. We welcome Torah […]