Counting the omer at the Supreme Court
Melissa Werbow | Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Emor, Leviticus 21:1-24:23.
When my husband and I were preparing for our wedding, we met...
Holiness is aspirational
Rabbi Lizz Goldstein | Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Kedoshim, Leviticus 19:1-20:27.
Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, a Scottish Torah authority, calls this week’s Torah...
After? Getting Past, or Going Through?
Rabbi Eric Yanoff | Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Acharei Mot, Leviticus 16:1-18:30.
Is there really an “after” in this life?
Certainly, rabbinic Judaism...
Next year on the seder plate
Rabbi Barry Dov Lerner | Special to WJW
What do you remember most vividly about your earliest seder experiences?
Many of us remember them with the...
My grandparents’ Passover plates
Rabbi Kim Blumenthal | Special to WJW
Songs. Food. Stories. The Passover seder holds traditions, both intimately personal and universally shared. My earliest memories include...
Most of life is less than ‘99 44/100%’ pure
Rabbi Evan J. Krame | Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Metzora, Leviticus 14:1-1533.
Television commercials often reflect the current fixations of our society....
Being a leper isn’t so different from being a priest
Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen
Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Tazria, Leviticus 12:1 - 13:59.
I both love and find deeply frustrating our Jewish community’s diversity....
Aaron the high priest and Robert Frost the poet
By Clifford S. Fishman | Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Shemini, Leviticus 9:1-11:47.
In Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy...
Why Hamans lose
By Rabbi Aaron Miller
Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Tzav, Leviticus 6:1-8:36.
My young children are keeping their Purim plans a secret. All my...
When the whole community has erred but the matter escapes their notice
By Rabbi Dr. Sanford H. Shudnow
Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Vayikra,
Leviticus 1:1-5:26.
I spoke with a Christian clergyman about the idea of...