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Why do progressive communities, whose members themselves have been marginalized, then proceed to marginalize others in their new communities?

Rabbi Levi’s Abraham passes the test because he remains sufficiently calm and clear-thinking to avert a misinterpretation that would have ended Isaac’s life.

Finding the strength to read Bilhah and Zilpah as possessing power and autonomy helps me do that for myself.

How far are we willing to go to prove that we are right?

By telling and re-telling difficult, even ethically repugnant, stories in the Torah, we may move from silence to healing and from narrowness to expanse.

What did it mean to wrestle with God so that the two brothers could kiss and live in peace?

When permission is given to the destructive force to wreak havoc, it does not distinguish between the innocent and guilty. (Mekhilta Bo 12:22)

What matters most is being who you feel yourself to be.