Parasha Vayakhel: A Mirror of the Holy Whole Cherie Karo Schwartz My Mom, Dotty Karo of blessed memory, was an ultimate crafter. She had a room stuffed with kaleidoscope-colored treasures she’d collected or had been gifted by...
Emor: Questioning The Status Quo Dr. Betsy Stone I am fascinated by this parsha, with its juxtaposition of HOLY days and UNHOLY people. Emor begins by telling us how a Kohen may be defiled/ritually impure–by visiting a graveyard, shaving parts of their heads or...
Miketz: Preparing for Life’s Journey Rabbi Dayle Friedman In Parashat Miketz, we encounter Joseph as a person growing in wisdom. For the third time in his life, he is moved to interpret a pair of dreams. As a youth, Joseph reports two dreams in which he is a...
Naso, The Blessings of Living and Giving: Y’varechecha as a Guide Cantor Deborah Katchko Gray Hearing my father, Cantor Theodore Katchko of blessed memory, sing the Y’varechecha, the Priestly Blessing at the end of every Friday evening service, began my love...
Photo: Rabbi Susan Elkodsi, The Peak of Mt. Philo, VT The Final Chapter: What Moses can Teach Us about End of Life Dr. Ellen S. Cohn As a young adult, I reveled in Existentialism, a philosophy that expressed my new-found independence and self-determination. I gave...
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