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8 Essays to Honor and Remember Jewish Military Members

Jane E. Herman

Memorial Day isn’t a Jewish holiday but remembering and honoring fallen military is certainly a Jewish value. Let us remember those who gave their lives in battle.

Feminism, Female Protagonists, and Finding Ourselves in Biblical Narratives

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

To honor the uncounted women in the Book of Numbers and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the U.S. this year, Rabbi Carole Balin, Ph.D., has crafted an “alternative Book of Numbers” for her weekly Torah commentaries for Ten Minutes of Torah.

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How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Impacting Jews of Color

Chris Harrison

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted nearly everyone across the globe, and the Jewish community is no exception. Those of us who are Jews of Color – comprising approximately 12 percent of the U.S. Jewish community – feel a particular sense of isolation and anxiety.

Cantor David Berger smiling and strumming a guitar

The Language of Music, the Power of Camp, and the Torah of Parenting

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

Meet Cantor David Berger, the cantor at Chicago’s KAM Isaiah Israel and ReformJudaism.org’s current Ten Minutes of Torah commentator for the Book of Leviticus.

The Jewish Imperative for Justice in the Face of Pandemic

Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner

The coronavirus is sweeping across a broken world. Defeating it will require us to see the humanity in one another and commit to fight for justice during this unprecedented moment of need.