Today is both an ancient and modern reminder to raise our voices in advocacy for what is right. In Numbers 9, we learn of a group of Israelites who lobbied their representative, Moses, for a change in the law that prevented those who handled ...
Jewish tradition goes out of its way—way out of its way—to emphasize Ruth’s less-than-stellar family background. As an individual, Ruth is portrayed as a sensitive soul and earnest seeker, but as far as her origins, well, it really couldn’t get much worse for Ruth. ...
Rahel Berkovits is a senior faculty member at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, where she has been teaching for over twenty years. Rahel lectures widely in both Israel and abroad especially on topics concerning women and Jewish ...
Yonatan Arnon, MoveMeant’s founder, is a dancer, mindfulness practitioner, experiential educator and rabbinical student at HUC-JIR NYC. Kobi Goodwin, MoveMeant's musical director, is a multi-instrumentalist, High Holiday cantorial soloist and vegan craft chocolate maker based in New York City. https://www.embodymovemeant.com/ ...
One of the most significant and influential events of the last 1000 years of Jewish history was the rise of the printing press. Jewish books of many kinds were amongst the hundreds of editions published in the first cen- tury of printing. This had ...
Nearly a decade ago, I was lying awake late at night, eagerly anticipating an early morning flight when I would join a cohort to begin my graduate studies. I tossed and turned, excited, nervous, and full of anticipation. Each time I impatiently looked at ...
I studied the volume of Mishnah called Pe’ah some time ago and immediately saw the value of our Talmudic texts in understanding modern ethical responsibilities. The pe’ah is the corner of the field that you have to leave for the poor. You might ask ...
Zevi Slavin is the creator of Seekers of Unity, an educational project and community dedicated to a collaborative, comparative, interdisciplinary exploration of mysticism. Zevi is an Australian native who was raised, educated and ordained within the Chassidic community. You are ...
The Omer is an appropriate time to think about mitzvot that specifically affect women - by obligating women to fulfill them, and also by exempting or forbidding women from fulfilling them - because three of them occur during the days between Passover and Shavuot. The Mishnah ...
Ziva R. Hassenfeld is a Associate Faculty Fellow of Pardes North America. Ziva is the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Assistant Professor in Jewish Education at Brandeis University, and Director of Research for the Mandel Center. In addition to her ...
