On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Do You Really Care? Bechukotai Behar
How much do you care about the environment? Yourself? Other people? Rabbi Rick Jacobs talks about our fundamental responsibility to care for God’s earth and attend to the neediest among us. It’s not a newfangled, 21st-century idea; it’s literally what our age-old biblical text calls for.
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Our Multiracial Jewish Community - B'midbar
The Torah commands us to take a census of the “whole Israelite community” – but who does the counting, and who, exactly, is counted?
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Where the Mishnah Meets the #MeToo Movement - Naso
Parashat Naso includes a passage about the sotah, the "errant woman" who is accused of adultery. It's a complex and problematic part of ancient Judaism, says Rabbi Rick Jacobs, so sometimes it's deliberately avoided.
On The Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - How the Book of Ruth Connects Us All Today - Shavuot
Chag Sameach and welcome to a special Shavuot edition of On the Other Hand! On this week’s holiday episode, Rabbi Rick Jacobs talks about Ruth, her connection to this unique Jewish festival, and what her story of unity and bridge-building means for us as we celebrate Shavuot today.
Wholly Jewish: Leonard: Creating Seats at the Queer Jewish Table
Hosted by Jewish performance and ritual artist Shira Kline (she/her), a.k.a. ShirLaLa, this season features interviews with LGBTQIA+ Jews from the Union for Reform Judaism's JewV'Nation Fellowship.