The Golden Calf. How exactly did Aaron make it? Our medieval commentators liked precision. This is their kind of question.…
Category: Torah
Tachash: Protected Species
Tachash. The mystery animal in this week’s Torah reading. Could it be from an extinct species? Meet the Tachash Here’s…
Climate Crisis: Jewish Learning
Judaism Unbound Episode 417: Jewish Learning for Climate Crisis – Laura Duhan-Kaplan, Yosef Rosen Yosef Rosen is a historian of…
Help Your Enemy's Donkey
It’s a good time to talk about donkeys. By the rhythm of the Jewish calendar. And also by the discordance…
Hanukah Highlights
Happy Hanukah! Chanukah! Hanukkah! What would you like to reflect on this Hanukah? Kabbalah? Menorah? Antisemitism? Violence? Feminism? Sustainability? Elephants?…
Maoz Tzur: Prayer to End Antisemitism
Maoz Tzur. Your favourite Chanukah song—or not. But likely the one you know best. What do the lyrics to Maoz…
Cosmic Eco Consciousness
Consciousness, the cosmic kind. A vision of the unity of all creation. That might be one spark of spiritual ecology.…
War: It's not like Abram's Battle
War rages. And Abram rescues the captives (Gen 14). It’s an inspiring story. And we need inspiration. But it’s also…
Jeremiah: We are Clay in Your Hands
Jeremiah: his prophecy returns in poetic form on Yom Kippur. In the Hebrew piyyut, liturgical poem, Ki Hiney Kachomer: We…