D’Var Torah 1/10/25
Parashat VaYechi By Adi Alouf | Director of Student and Jewish Life, Jewish Studies Teacher I spent much of winter break visiting my safta and…
D’Var Torah 12/20
Parashat Vayeshev By Tamar Rabinowitz; Dean, Jewish Studies and Hebrew Twelve years ago, the Monday of Thanksgiving was supposed to be my due date with…
D’Var Torah: Parashat Vayishlach 12/13
Don’t Skip a Bad Story By Raizy Lichtenstein, Jewish Studies Teacher Vayishlach, this week’s Torah portion, contains what Robert Alter describes as a “miscellaneous overview…
D’Var Torah: Parashat Esav 12/6
The Wicked Sibling By Rabbi Shua Brick, Jewish Studies Teacher The confluence of the biblical narrative of the fraught relationship between Yaakov (Jacob) and his…
D’Var Torah | November 21
Parashat Chayei Sarah Merav Rozenblum, Hebrew Teacher This week’s portion starts with a funeral. There have been so many of these in our Israeli community…
D’Var Torah 11/15
Parashat Vayera Dr. Ariel Resnikoff, Jewish Studies Teacher At the close of this week’s Torah portion, Vayera–meaning “and he appeared”–we encounter the crucial and deeply…
D’var Torah | November 8
Parashat Lech Lecha Joseph Gindi, Jewish Studies Teacher God said to Avram, “Go forth: from your land, from your kindred, from your father’s house to…
D’Var Torah 11/1
Parashat Noach Dr. David Neufeld, Dean of Learning Support A lot happens in this week’s parasha (Torah portion). The main event is the Flood: God…
D’Var Torah: Parashat Yom Kippur
Making Amends on Yom Kippur: The Power of Verbalization in the Teshuva Process Raizy Lichtenstein, Jewish Studies Teacher In my L’Chaim class on Thursday, I…
Parashat Ki Tezte
Merav Rozenblum, Hebrew Teacher Our previous department head would give every new faculty member a gift at the beginning of the school year: a picture…
