
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.
Debra Kalmuss has been a member of BJ for the past 11 years. She is a sociologist who was a Professor of Public Health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University for 34 years. Her areas of focus were sexual health and refining a model of service-based research (research designed in collaboration with service providers, program staff or policy makers with the aim of directly enhancing the quality of services, programs and/or policy). Dr. Kalmuss has trained generations of skilled public health professionals who are conducting service-based research in settings around the world. Dr. Kalmuss is from a working-class community in Brooklyn, a point of origin that has heavily influenced her life and work.
The haftarah for Vayishlah narrates Obadiah’s prophecy of doom targeted at the Edomites, the descendants of Jacob’s twin brother Esau.