Check out this very cool visual D’var Torah from http://www.G-dCast.com. Each week they post a similar commentary on the parasha, written and narrated by leading thinkers from across the Jewish spectrum. Shabbat Shalom! Parshat Vayakhel from G-dcast.comMore Torah cartoons at http://www.g-dcast.com
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The Old Shall Be New and the New Shall be Sacred
This quote from Rav Kook (the first Chief Rabbi of Israel) is the theme for this year’s convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, which I am attending in San Francisco. The convention, obviously, is about embracing the future and all of its social implications for Judaism. For example, we heard yesterday from JoeContinueContinue reading “The Old Shall Be New and the New Shall be Sacred”
Haveil Havalim – Plenty to read this week!
Haveil Havalim is a weekly (I think) magazine of Jewish blogs. It moves around from blog to blog, and is hosted by a different blogger every time. Check out the Tu Bishvat edition of Haveil Havalim, hosted by The Israel Situation. Lots of great articles to check out.
Tu Bishevat. Doing Something About It.
I consider myself an environmentalist. I write about the earth, think about the earth, care about the earth. I wrote my rabbinical thesis partly on Judaism and the environment, and I helped found en environmental advocacy committee in my synagogue. I believe that rethinking our relationship to the earth is THE great challenge and THEContinueContinue reading “Tu Bishevat. Doing Something About It.”
Rabbi Micah Streiffer 