Toward Shabbat: Balak
As I reflect on the profound privilege to serve as a Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellow here at BJ these past two years, I find ...
Deborah Sacks Mintz is a fourth-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Originally from New York City, Deborah earned degrees in music performance and religious anthropology from the University of Michigan. Prior to her graduate studies at JTS, Deborah worked for nearly a decade in Jewish experiential education at the Neve Hannah Children’s home in southern Israel, Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, the Brandeis Collegiate Institute in Los Angeles, and served as the Director of Education at Shir Chadash in New Orleans. A musician and ba’al tefilah, Deborah serves on faculty at Hadar, facilitating workshops on empowered and songful prayer, as well as composing and recording new Jewish music. Her debut album of original spiritual music, The Narrow and the Expanse, was released this past spring.
As I reflect on the profound privilege to serve as a Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellow here at BJ these past two years, I find ...
We are able to begin the process of seeking those second chances for korban—and yet, we may feel a sense of being adrift as we ...
As Shabbat approaches, Purim 5781 draws to a close; and thus, so too do we close out one full cycle of haggim in the era of ...
In these winter months, being ready to welcome in Shabbat is not always an easy feat. As the sky rapidly darkens through the late afternoon, ...
Today we mark the final day of Hanukkah, and in doing so, mark our final holiday in the cycle of a year of hagim at ...
This past Shabbat, my family and I were called to our kitchen window by the sound of crowds cheering, cars honking, and noisemakers of all ...
Our final haftarah of this three-week period of reflection and grief begins with Isaiah’s hazon (vision)—thus earning the title “Shabbat Hazon.” As in the case ...
Our final haftarah of this three-week period of reflection and grief begins with Isaiah’s hazon (vision)—thus earning the title “Shabbat Hazon.” As in the case ...
Our final haftarah of this three-week period of reflection and grief begins with Isaiah’s hazon (vision)—thus earning the title “Shabbat Hazon.” As in the case ...
Our final haftarah of this three-week period of reflection and grief begins with Isaiah’s hazon (vision)—thus earning the title “Shabbat Hazon.” As in the case ...
Our final haftarah of this three-week period of reflection and grief begins with Isaiah’s hazon (vision)—thus earning the title “Shabbat Hazon.” As in the case ...
Our final haftarah of this three-week period of reflection and grief begins with Isaiah’s hazon (vision)—thus earning the title “Shabbat Hazon.” As in the case ...
Two hundred and forty-four years ago this weekend, the Second Continental Congress voted to approve the Declaration of Independence, freeing the 13 colonies from subordination ...
In this moment of upheaval in which we find ourselves, when we feel our own hearts have departed us, we must seek to find not ...
In this moment of upheaval in which we find ourselves, when we feel our own hearts have departed us, we must seek to find not ...
In this moment of upheaval in which we find ourselves, when we feel our own hearts have departed us, we must seek to find not ...
In this moment of upheaval in which we find ourselves, when we feel our own hearts have departed us, we must seek to find not ...
In this moment of upheaval in which we find ourselves, when we feel our own hearts have departed us, we must seek to find not ...
In this moment of upheaval in which we find ourselves, when we feel our own hearts have departed us, we must seek to find not ...
As we continue our journey through our own midbar—our own wilderness—may we remember that Torah is indeed for all of us...
As we continue our journey through our own midbar—our own wilderness—may we remember that Torah is indeed for all of us...
As we continue our journey through our own midbar—our own wilderness—may we remember that Torah is indeed for all of us...
As we continue our journey through our own midbar—our own wilderness—may we remember that Torah is indeed for all of us...
As we continue our journey through our own midbar—our own wilderness—may we remember that Torah is indeed for all of us...
As we continue our journey through our own midbar—our own wilderness—may we remember that Torah is indeed for all of us...
In this week’s parashah, Tazria-Metzora, we read of the conditions that make one exist in a state of tumah (often translated as impurity) and detailed ...
In this week’s parashah, Tazria-Metzora, we read of the conditions that make one exist in a state of tumah (often translated as impurity) and detailed ...
In this week’s parashah, Tazria-Metzora, we read of the conditions that make one exist in a state of tumah (often translated as impurity) and detailed ...
In this week’s parashah, Tazria-Metzora, we read of the conditions that make one exist in a state of tumah (often translated as impurity) and detailed ...
In this week’s parashah, Tazria-Metzora, we read of the conditions that make one exist in a state of tumah (often translated as impurity) and detailed ...
In this week’s parashah, Tazria-Metzora, we read of the conditions that make one exist in a state of tumah (often translated as impurity) and detailed ...
This week we begin a new book of the Torah, marking the end of Exodus narrative and diving deep into the Israelite’s need to create ...
This week we begin a new book of the Torah, marking the end of Exodus narrative and diving deep into the Israelite’s need to create ...
This week we begin a new book of the Torah, marking the end of Exodus narrative and diving deep into the Israelite’s need to create ...
This week we begin a new book of the Torah, marking the end of Exodus narrative and diving deep into the Israelite’s need to create ...
This week we begin a new book of the Torah, marking the end of Exodus narrative and diving deep into the Israelite’s need to create ...
This week we begin a new book of the Torah, marking the end of Exodus narrative and diving deep into the Israelite’s need to create ...
How might we reconcile these two distinct expressions of giving as presented in the text—bringing from the generosity of one’s heart and bringing from a ...
How might we reconcile these two distinct expressions of giving as presented in the text—bringing from the generosity of one’s heart and bringing from a ...
How might we reconcile these two distinct expressions of giving as presented in the text—bringing from the generosity of one’s heart and bringing from a ...
How might we reconcile these two distinct expressions of giving as presented in the text—bringing from the generosity of one’s heart and bringing from a ...
How might we reconcile these two distinct expressions of giving as presented in the text—bringing from the generosity of one’s heart and bringing from a ...
How might we reconcile these two distinct expressions of giving as presented in the text—bringing from the generosity of one’s heart and bringing from a ...
When we don’t truly see one another—by responding to someone’s needs, being attentive to their pain, and celebrating with them in their joy—we create the ...
When we don’t truly see one another—by responding to someone’s needs, being attentive to their pain, and celebrating with them in their joy—we create the ...
When we don’t truly see one another—by responding to someone’s needs, being attentive to their pain, and celebrating with them in their joy—we create the ...
When we don’t truly see one another—by responding to someone’s needs, being attentive to their pain, and celebrating with them in their joy—we create the ...
When we don’t truly see one another—by responding to someone’s needs, being attentive to their pain, and celebrating with them in their joy—we create the ...
When we don’t truly see one another—by responding to someone’s needs, being attentive to their pain, and celebrating with them in their joy—we create the ...