Blog Posts By Parasha (or Topic)

Sefer Bereishit

Bereishit

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Noach

Anything Goes (5774)

Lech Lecha

The Long and Winding Road (5773)

Avraham Rocks! (5775)
Loshon Koydesh (5776)

Vayera

Drash (5772)

Hallowed Spaces (5774)

Chayei Sarah

Put It There (5775)

Eliezer's Excellent Adventure (5776) 

Toldot

The Trial of Jacob Isaacson (5773)

The Transcendent Hum (5776)

VaYeitzei

Jacob's Bridge (5774)

The Color of Evil (5776)

VaYishlach

The Better Angels of Our Nature (5775)

VaYeishev

Of Prostitutes, Paternity and Ptilim (5773)

True Dat (5776)

Miketz

Airplane Nuts (5776)

VaYigash

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VaYechi

Teach Your Children Well (5774)
Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will? (5775)

Sefer Shmot

Shmot

Let's Hear It For the Girls (5775)

The Salvation Cycle (5776)

VaEira

Second That Emotion (5772)

Bo 

Bumper Sticker Theology (5774)

Beshalach

 What Now? (5772)

The Superbowl Challenge (5775)
Debate Teams (5776)

Yitro

Feelin' Groovy (5772)

The Biomolecular Structure of Torah (5774)
A Horse Named Shabbat (5775)

Mishpatim

Stuff (5774)

Don't Touch That Dial! (5775)

Trumah

I'd Like To Buy the World a Coke (5772)

The Monopoly Metaphor (5774)

Tetzaveh

Body Language (5776)

Ki Tisa

Who Do You Like for President? (5776)

Vayakhel

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Pekudei

Sticktoitiveness (5774)
Off the Hook (5776)

Sefer VaYikra

Vayikra

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Tzav

We Didn't Start the Fire (5775)

Shemini

Mission...Possible (5775)
The Evolution of Food (5776)

Tazria

The Petit Mort of Tumah (5774)

Metzora

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Acharei Mot

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Kedoshim

Karate Kid Kedusha (5776)

Emor

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Behar

The Economics of Human Dignity (5776)

Bechukotai

Truth Or Consequences (5774)

Sefer Bamidbar

Bamidbar

The Pause That Refreshes (5774)

Nasso

The Easy Button (5775)

BeHa'alotecha

Humble Pie (5775)

Shlach

Up (5776)

Korach

"Ism" You is Or "Ism" You Ain't My Baby (5774)

The Candy Store (5775)

Chukat

A Chok By Any Other Name (5773)

International Relations (5775)
Connecting the Dots (5776)

Balak

Donkey Chatter (5774)
Cheat Day (5776)

Pinchas

The Ordination of Joshua (5773)

Mattot

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Masei

The Numbers Game (5774)

Allusions and Illusions (5775)

Sefer Devarim

Devarim

G-d Drives a Chevy Malibu (5774)

Va'Etchanan

Looking For Love in All the Wrong Places (5774)

Eikev

Who Are You? (5773)

The Rickety Rope Bridge (5774)

Silver Swans and Crusts of Bread (5775)

Re'eh

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Shoftim

Of Prophets & Prestidigitators (5774)

Billy Jack & the Mullahs (5775)

Ki Teitzei

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Ki Tavo

Basket Weaving 101 (5774)

Moses & the Mob (5775)

Nitzavim

The Choice of Your Life (5773)

VaYelech

New Year's Revolutions (5776)

Ha'azinu

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Vzot HaBrachah

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Chagim

Rosh HaShanah

The Great Shofar (5773)

Tzom Gedalia

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Yom Kippur

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Sukkot

Up On the Roof (5775)

Getting a Handle on the Messiah (5776)

Shmini Atzeret

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Chanukah

Reflections on  Thanksgivikah (5774)

Asarah B'Tevet

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Tu B'Shevat

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Purim

Confronting Evil (5776) 

Pesach

Redeeming Ourselves (5775)
Fawlty Fear (5776)

Sefirat HaOmer

Springtime's Bustin' Out All Over (5775)

Yom HaShoah

Reflections On Holocaust Memorial Day (5772)

Yom HaZikaron/Yom Ha'Atzma'ut

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Shavuot

Trivial Pursuit (5775)
Wedding Vows (5776)

Shiva Asar B'Tamuz
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Tisha B'Av

Sinat Chinam - The Hatred in Our Midst (5773)

Miscellany

Trayvon Martin - X-Ray Vision (5772)