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“Ger Vetoshav”: A Lesson on Vulnerabilities and Humility: Hayyei Sarah 5785

The JTS Commentary for Hayyei Sarah by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTSMusic provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

11-19
08:32

Can You Spell-check the Tanakh?: Vayera 5785

The JTS Commentary for Vayera by Rabbi David Moster, PhD, Director of Biblical Hebrew, JTSMusic provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

11-13
05:50

How Can We Be a Blessing?: Lekh Lekha 5785

The JTS Commentary for Lekh Lekha by Cantor Rabbi Shoshi Levin Goldberg, Director of the H.L. Miller Cantorial School, JTSMusic provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

11-05
07:00

Living with Difference: Noah 5785

The JTS Commentary for Noah for Rabbi Naomi Kalish, Harold and Carole Wolfe Director of the Center for Pastoral Education and Assistant Professor of Pastoral Education, JTSMusic provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

10-30
08:41

God’s Partners in Torah: Bereishit 5785

The JTS Commentary for Bereishit for Rabbi Robert Harris, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTSMusic provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

10-23
14:03

Lessons from Kohelet: Sukkot 5785

The JTS Commentary for Sukkot by Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay, Associate Dean of the Rabbinical School and Executive Director of the JTS Hendel Center for Ethics and JusticeMusic provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

10-15
10:09

Sacred Words in Liturgy and Life: Yom Kippur 5785

The JTS Commentary for Yom Kippur by Dr. Shira Billet, Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought and Ethics, JTSMusic provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

10-07
10:40

Crying with God: Rosh Hashanah 5785

The JTS Commentary for Rosh Hashana by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

09-30
06:39

Where Did Moses Go—and Why?: Nitzavim-Vayeilekh 5784

The JTS Commentary for Nitzavim - Vayeilekh by Dr. Walter Herzberg, Assistant Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible, JTSMusic provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

09-24
09:46

Shattering Our Idols: Ki Tavo 5784

The JTS Commentary for Ki Tavo by Rabbi Matt Berkowitz, (RS), Vice President of The Schechter Institutes, Inc.This commentary was originally published in 2004Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

09-18
04:55

Is Modesty Still Relevant in the Twenty-First Century?: Ki Tetzei 5784

The JTS Commentary for Ki Tetzei by Emmanuel Bloch, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, JTSMusic provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

09-10
07:45

The King's Torah and the Torah's King: Shofetim 5784

The JTS Commentary for Shofetim by Dr. Barry Holtz, Theodore and Florence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education in the William Davidson School of Education, JTSThis episode originally aired in 2017.Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

09-04
11:49

Petition or Protest: Re'eh 5784

The JTS Commentary for Re'eh by Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet, (’RS), St. Albans Masorti SynagogueThis episode originally aired in 2017.Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

08-27
07:43

The Afterlife of Our Actions: Eikev 5784

The JTS Commentary forEikev by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTSThis episode originally aired in 2015.Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

08-19
05:16

Is Love Enough?: Va'ethannan 5784

The JTS Commentary for Va’et-hannan by Rabbi Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor Emerita of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture, JTSMusic provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

08-13
07:58

The Rules of Rebuke: Devarim 5784

The JTS Commentary for Devarim by Ariel Ya'akov Dunat (RS ’25)Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

08-07
07:09

"What's God?"--And Other Questions Kids Ask: Mattot-Masei 5784

The JTS Commentary for Mattot-Masei by Rabbi Chaim Galfand (RS ’01), School Rabbi for Perelman Jewish Day School (Philadelphia, PA)Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

07-30
08:28

Making Space for Life: Pinehas 5784

The JTS Commentary for Pinehas by Rabbi Joel Alter (Alum, Rabbinical School), Rabbi, Congregation Beth Israel Ner TamidThis episode originally aired in 2015.Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

07-23
10:45

The Sound of No Hands Clapping: Balak 5784

The JTS Commentary for Balak by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Henry R. And Miriam Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections and Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

07-17
05:33

Heroes and Humans: Hukkat 5784

The JTS Commentary for Hukkat by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky, Dean of Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies and The Gershon Kekst Graduate School; Blanche and Romie Shapiro Professor of Bible, JTSThis commentary was originally broadcast in 2021.Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

07-09
06:00

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