Study
Parashat Emor: Summary
God gives Moses a series of laws specific to the priests; God then instructs Moses to tell the people about the festivals in addition to laws of blasphemy and murder.
Death and Mourning: Sources from the Babylonian Talmud
On attending to mourners, anticipating dying, accepting death, and appropriate burial rites.
The Personal is Communal
Events in the "calendar" of the lifecycle are private, yet connect us to the "unseen presences" of missing family members and our entire people throughout history.
The New Pittsburgh Platform (1999)
Pittsburgh Platform Reform. Reform Judaism Renewal. Contemporary Jewish Renewal and Spirituality. Jewish World Today. Contemporary Judaism. Jewish History and Community.
Reform Launches a Worship Revolution
More Hebrew, rituals, and joyful participation called for at 1999 Orlando Biennial.
Responses to Reform Movement’s Emergence: Orthodox and Conservative
Modern Jewish denominations emerge over time.
What Are the Sefirot?
In Jewish Kabbalah, ten "emanations" of God make it possible for the divine to interact with the world.
The Future of American Orthodoxy
An examination of the challenges facing Orthodox Judaism in America
The Kabbalistic Conception of God
The medieval mystics made a distinction between the infinite, unknowable God and God's revealed aspects.