On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah: Rebel With (or Without) a Cause - Parashat Korach
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah: Wonder Women - Parashat Chukat
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah: From Curses to Blessings - Parashat Balak
Wholly Jewish: Amanda: Identities, Politics, and Spiritual A-Ha Moments
Stories We Tell: Why Noah Chose the Dove
Wholly Jewish: Everlyn: Bring Your Whole Self to Everything
Stories We Tell: The Laughing Rabbi
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Nitzavim: Why Organ Donation is Jewish
Parashat Nitzavim features the phrase “choose life,” but what does it mean to choose life? One way of choosing life is by becoming an organ donor. Rabbi Jacobs discusses why this lifesaving choice is part of his Jewish values in this episode of On the Other Hand.
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Tzav: How to Be a Leader
Parashat Tzav opens with a command to Aaron, the high priest. It’s a moment to think about leadership – who are our leaders and what do they do? Are our leaders born into the role, like Aaron, or are they called to leadership, like Moses?
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Pesach: Why is This Passover Different from Other Passovers?
In this special Passover episode of On the Other Hand, Rabbi Jacobs discusses empathy. The story of Passover asks that we put ourselves in the shoes of those who escaped slavery and travelled to freedom, and that we think about what it’s like to have nothing.