Moses
Parashiyot Vayakhel and Pekudei: The Power of Embodied Love
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
Parashat Ki Tisa: Dancing at Sinai
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
Parashat Terumah: The Gift of Safe Space
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
Parashat Yitro: The First Commandment Revisited
Torah Queery: A Queer Take on the Weekly Torah Portion Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these ...
Taking The Plunge
It was January 2007, almost exactly six years ago. I was sitting in my office, reviewing a dense corporate document ...
Woe to Their Wives
When stories are told, we sometimes see them through the lens of the characters, sometimes from the vantage point of ...
Moses and Hubris
There’s a great Seinfeld episode–and one I relate to–in which George Constanza worries that he must have cancer because his life ...
A Presidential Ritual
Last Monday evening a light rain fell on the Capitol City where I live on 16th Street, a mile up ...
Crying Out from the Mountaintop with Moshe and Martin
After hours of excruciating labor, the sweetest sound that can be heard is that of a crying baby. That first ...
Songs of Hope and Failure
On Monday, Chris Moriarty wrote about why she wrote The Inquisitor’s Apprentice. She will be blogging here all week for ...