The Haftarah Project: Bemidbar—Beyond the Theatrical Prophets
In this week's Haftarah Project, BJ member Rabbi Nancy Flam reflects on the haftarah for Bemidbar and the deeply unsettling imagery of Hosea. She challenges ...
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The Haftarah Project: Behukkotai—Our Most Devious Hearts
In this week's Haftarah Project, BJ member Betty Jane Jacobs reflects on the haftarah for Behukkotai and the inner forces that lead us astray. Through ...
The Haftarah Project: Mishpatim—Justice for Some or Justice for All
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- By Jane Gronau
In this week's Haftarah Project, Jane Gronau reflects on the haftarah for Mishpatim and its troubling acceptance of slavery, asking how we reconcile our sacred ...
The Haftarah Project: Bo — Chilling Metaphors
In this week's Haftarah Project, Sharon Anstey reflects on the haftarah for Bo and its vivid, violent imagery, asking what God’s anger demands of us ...
The Haftarah Project: Va-era — Humility and Forgiveness
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- By Joe Blumberg
In this week's Haftarah Project, BJ Rabbinic Fellow Joe Blumberg reflects on the haftarah for Vaera and its vivid imagery of Pharaoh’s downfall, God’s justice, ...
The Haftarah Project: Shemot — Descending to Rise
The Ashkenazi haftarah for Shemot, plays with the fleeting nature of freedom. It opens with the image of the people of Jacob being fruitful in ...
The Haftarah Project: Vayishlah — Entangled Roots
The haftarah for Vayishlah narrates Obadiah’s prophecy of doom targeted at the Edomites, the descendants of Jacob’s twin brother Esau.
The Haftarah Project: Vayetze – Exploring Divine Punishment and Forgiveness
This haftarah, from the book of Hosea, is, to me, one of the more problematic in the canon. It contains extremely violent imagery, in this ...