by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen In my youth, I always regarded free, reasoned, civilized speech to be one of the most important and positive...

Leviticus 6:1-8:36 - Humans First by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen We continue reading this week about the sacrifices. A controversial issue that...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Elliot Horowitz in his overview of Purim over the ages, Reckless Rites and the Legacy of Jewish Violence has a...

Leviticus 1-5:26 + Deuteronomy 25:17 - Amalek by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The Shabbat before Purim is always called Shabbat Zachor the Shabbat...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Purim matters so much this year. It tells a never ending story. We were threatened with destruction. We responded...

38:21-40:38 - The Messiah by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen As we come to the end of the book of Exodus and look back at the structure of the book it...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen One of my earliest and happiest memories and the first play I ever attended, was The Story of Job performed at...

Shabbat Vayakhel & Shekalim - Exodus 35:1-38:20 by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen This week's Torah starts with the word Vayakhel. It means...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Anti-Judaism was always driven by two, agents, religion, and politics. And so it is today. Nowadays it stems mainly...