Other Biblical Essays

Yom Kippur:

Jonah: Dove, a Divine Escort 

Jonah: One God for All Creatures

Jonah the Selfish: A Children’s Play

Sukkot:

I, Kohelet: Words of Laura, A Mom in Vancouver

Kohelet (Ecclesiastes): Book of Breath

Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) Holding Opposites in Tension

Hanukah:

Judith: “The Real Story”

Judith: Multiple Perspectives

On That Day: Zechariah’s Interfaith Vision

Miracle of the Elephants

Purim:

Esther: Royal Garments

War, Leadership and Morality: The Memory of Amalek (Haftarat Parshat Zachor)

Pesach-Passover:

Malachi: A Great Hope  (Haftarat Shabbat HaGadol)

Malachi: Prophet of the Ordinary  (Haftarat Shabbat HaGadol)

Shavuot:

Ruth: Intertextual Adventures

Tisha B’Av:

Lamentations: Eichah? How Will We Heal?

Beyond the Synagogue Calendar

Job and A Serious Man: Trials of  Civilization