This week's portion tells about the death of Miriam. But is the whole story really here? We read the text through the eyes of Rashi and the commentators, and of Dr. Judith Plaskow, a contemporary feminist scholar who teaches that it is our responsibility to search for the voices that have been excluded from Torah.
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B’shallach: Thoughts and Prayers are Not Enough
Bo: Why Do We Talk about the Exodus So Much?
Va’era: That They May Worship Me
Sh’mot: Reluctant Leader (A Conversation with Rabbi Ilyse Glickman)
Vay’chi: Who are these?
Miketz: Do Intentions Matter?
Vayeshev: Believing It’s Possible
Vayishlach: Wrestling
Vayetze: Nobody is the Villain of their Own Story (A Conversation with Rabbi Geoff Mitelman)
Toldot: Re-digging the Wells
Chayei Sarah: Rebekah’s Voice
Vayera: Truth, Justice, and Government Responsibility
Lech Lecha: Radical Leaving
Noach: Everybody Deserves to Have a Name (A Conversation with Rabbi Emily Losben-Ostrov)
Bereshit: In the Image of God
V’Zot HaBrachah: What’s Next?
Ha’azinu: Adversity and Growth
Vayelech: Write Down this Teaching
Nitzavim: Not in the Heavens
Ki Tavo: Remember Where You Came From
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