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Podcast: Why Marriage Equality is a Reform Jewish Value
Hear why marriage equality is a Reform Jewish value.
Stories We Tell: Made to Hug
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah -- Yitro: Courageous Leadership
Wholly Jewish: Kelly: I Have a Right to Be Here
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah -- P'kudei: Spirituality and Art
Art exists beyond the binary of rational and irrational. Art has the ability to reshape our perspectives on our world - which is precisely why great artists have designed synagogues, museums, and other sacred spaces - including... the mishkan, the Israelite's portable ark.
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah -- Ki Tisa: Just Rest
Parashat Ki Tisa features what is arguably one of Judaism’s most powerful teachings: no matter how busy you are, and no matter how important the task at hand is, you must rest.
Stories We Tell: What is Permanent?
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah -- Vayak'heil-P'kudei: Creating the Power of a Space with Michael Arad
Michael Arad, the visionary architect who designed New York’s National 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, joins Rabbi Rick Jacobs in this episode of On the Other Hand.
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah -- Sh'mot: What's in a Name?
The first portion of the Book of Exodus, Parashat Sh’mot, introduces the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob.
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah -- Vayikra: The Laws of Leviticus, Choice, and A.J. Jacobs, the Gratitude Expert
This parashah introduces many laws and rituals that might seem irrelevant to our modern lives, but what do these laws teach us? How do we bring them into our lives? A.J.