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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Pesach: Fifty Exoduses
Pesach: Telling the Story
Metzora: Learning to Say ”I Don’t Know”
Tazria: The Healing Power of Presence
Shemini: Understanding the Moment (A Conversation with Alden Solovy)
Tzav: The Perpetual Offering (Rabbi Michael Satz)
Vayikra: Wrongs & Responsibilities
P’kudei: Let Each Gem Shine (A Conversation with Rabbi Barry Block)
Vayahkel: More Like Zusya
Ki Tisa: Judaism is Not (Just) For Kids
Tetzaveh: Where is Moses?
Terumah: I, Thou, and God
Mishpatim: The Widow, the Orphan, and the Stranger (A conversation with Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz)
Yitro: Encounters with God (A Conversation with Rabbi Oren Hayon)
B’Shallach: Making a Miracle, Doing God’s Work
Bo: The Importance of Questions & Curiosity
Va’era: Shortness of Spirit
Shemot: Moses and the Women (An Interview with Rabbi Sally Priesand)
Vay‘chi: Legacy
Vayigash: What does it take to forgive? (encore)
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