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Tag: Deuteronomy

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Weekly Torah Portion – A Place For Everyone

Spirit / 09.20.2018

Weekly Torah Portion – A Place For Everyone
Parshat Haazinu: Deuteronomy 32:1-52; II Samuel 22:1-51. Sometimes we catch ourselves repeatedly saying something to our kids and not being listened to: “Turn off the light;” “Don’t stay up late;” “D...
Weekly Torah Portion – We Are All In This Together

Spirit / 09.06.2018

Weekly Torah Portion – We Are All In This Together
Parshat Nitzavim: Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20; Isaiah 61:10-68:9. Parshat Nitzavim is one of my favorite Torah readings of the entire year: 1) because it contains so much meaningful information that deman...
Weekly Torah Portion – The Blessings In Life

Spirit / 08.30.2018

Weekly Torah Portion – The Blessings In Life
Parshat KiTavo: Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8; Isaiah 60-1-22. A friend of mine recently moved to Flatbush. He’s doing comedy in the city, but Manhattan apartment prices have pushed him deep into Brooklyn, s...
Weekly Torah Portion – Preserving Dignity

Spirit / 08.23.2018

Weekly Torah Portion – Preserving Dignity
Parshat Ki Tetze: Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19; Isaiah 54:1-10 Human dignity has always been a central concern of the Torah and the Jewish tradition. The Torah portion this week gives us several exampl...
Justice Seeker

Metro Detroit / 08.16.2018

Justice Seeker
Valerie Newman’s passion for getting innocent people out of prison leads to new role. Anyone who steps inside Valerie Newman’s Detroit office at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice is greeted by a color...
Weekly Torah Portion – The Body Is Sacred

Spirit / 08.16.2018

Weekly Torah Portion – The Body Is Sacred
Parshat Shoftim: Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9; Isaiah 51:12-52:12 This week’s Torah portion introduces the prohibition against mutilating or harming one’s body as a sign of mourning. Our rabbis explain ...
Weekly Torah Portion – The Proof Of Prophecy

Spirit / 08.09.2018

Weekly Torah Portion – The Proof Of Prophecy
Parshat Re’eh: Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17; Isaiah 66:11-24. (Shabbat Rosh Chodesh) The litmus test for true prophecy described in this week’s Torah portion (Deuteronomy 13:2-6) reveals much about the pr...
Weekly Torah Portion – The Celebration of Life

Spirit / 08.02.2018

Weekly Torah Portion – The Celebration of Life
Parshat Ekev: Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25; Isaiah 49:14-51:3. Jews have been pioneers in medicine for more than a thousand years. From Maimonides to Clara Stone to Jonas Salk, Jewish doctors have been in ...
Weekly Torah Portion – The Original Prayer Book

Spirit / 07.26.2018

Weekly Torah Portion – The Original Prayer Book
Parshat V’etchanan: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11; Isaiah 40:1-26. In this week’s Torah portion, we find Moses’ personal prayer, petitioning God for entry into the Land of Israel. Moses prayed to God countle...
Weekly Torah Portion – From Sorrow To Joy

Spirit / 07.19.2018

Weekly Torah Portion – From Sorrow To Joy
Parshat D’varim: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22; Isaiah 1:1-27. This Shabbat coincides with the 9th of Av on the Hebrew calendar. Known in Hebrew as Tishah b’Av, it is the day on which we annually mark the des...
Commentary: Risking Arrest

Letters & Viewpoints / 06.28.2018

Commentary: Risking Arrest
About four years ago, I was in my first week of training for my summer fellowship in community organizing. I was still learning the basics of what I would be doing that summer and getting to know ...
DJJ at the Poor People’s Campaign

Letters & Viewpoints / 06.07.2018

DJJ at the Poor People’s Campaign
Praying With My Feet For the past two Mondays, I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of joining the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) in Lansing as part of its “40 Days of Moral Action.” The PPC is committe...
This Shavuot, I Thought Of Gaza

Letters & Viewpoints / 05.31.2018

This Shavuot, I Thought Of Gaza
This month, Jews in Detroit and around the world celebrated receipt of the Torah, reaffirming a contract our ancestors made to remember and keep its teachings. We did this in a variety of ways — readi...
All-Night Studying

Faith / 05.17.2018

All-Night Studying
Tikkun Leil Shavuot has evolved over the last decades as a holiday ritual. Since Jews stopped bringing sacrifices, the festival of Shavuot has looked like a generic Yom Tov, without distinctive ritua...