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JTS's weekly commentary on parashat hashavua and the holidays, published for over 20 years, is enjoyed by thousands of readers every week. The commentary features select faculty, students, and staff from across JTS. We invite you to subscribe to this podcast and bring Torah from JTS wherever you go.

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Aggressor and Aggrieved: Beshallah 5785 04.02.2025 7:29

The JTS Commentary for Beshallah by Dr. Phil Keisman, Director of Teen Education, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5

The Worst Possible Plague: Bo 5785 29.01.2025 7:50

The JTS Commentary for Bo by Rebecca Galin, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5

Moses’s Lessons in Interfaith Dialogue: Va'era 5785 22.01.2025 8:35

The JTS Commentary for Va'era by Claire Davidson Bruder, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS, and Sherouk Ahmed, Student, Bayan Islamic Graduate School at Chicago Theological Seminary In the first week of 2025, the Washington Theological Consortium hosted a weeklong interfaith dialogue program at the United Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia. Third-year JTS rabbinical student and Milstein Center...

A Turn for the Better: Shemot 5785 14.01.2025 5:47

The JTS Commentary for Shemot by Rabbi Ariella Rosen (RS), Interim Lead Rabbi, Congregation B’nai Israel (Northampton, MA) Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5

Angel or Avatar? Vayehi 5785 07.01.2025 9:20

The JTS Commentary for Vayehi by Benjamin D. Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5

A Tale of Two Dreamers: Vayiggash 5785 30.12.2024 7:08

The JTS Commentary for Vayiggash by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, jTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5

The World That Isn't There: Miketz 5785 19.12.2024 7:49

The JTS Commentary for Miketz by Rabbi Joel Seltzer, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5

What Makes Groups Reject Their Own: Vayeshev 5785 17.12.2024 8:28

The JTS Commentary for Vayeshev by Rabbi Yael Shmilovitz, Clinical Pastoral Educator at the Center for Pastoral Education, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5

When Jacob Met Esau--Facing Our Fears: Vayishlah 5785 11.12.2024 11:11

The JTS Commentary for Vayishlah by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

Going Out To Meet God and History: Vayetzei 5785 03.12.2024 8:05

The JTS Commentary for Vayetzei by Dr. Arnold Eisen, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Jewish Thought, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

On The Perils of Pregnancy--A Letter to Rivkah: Toledot 5785 25.11.2024 6:22

The JTS Commentary for Toledot by Rabbi Annie Lewis, Director of Recruitment and Admissions for Religious and Educational Leadership and Assistant Dean of First Year Rabbinical Students, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

“Ger Vetoshav”: A Lesson on Vulnerabilities and Humility: Hayyei Sarah 5785 19.11.2024 8:32

The JTS Commentary for Hayyei Sarah by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

Can You Spell-check the Tanakh?: Vayera 5785 13.11.2024 5:50

The JTS Commentary for Vayera by Rabbi David Moster, PhD, Director of Biblical Hebrew, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

How Can We Be a Blessing?: Lekh Lekha 5785 05.11.2024 7:00

The JTS Commentary for Lekh Lekha by Cantor Rabbi Shoshi Levin Goldberg, Director of the H.L. Miller Cantorial School, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

Living with Difference: Noah 5785 30.10.2024 8:41

The JTS Commentary for Noah for Rabbi Naomi Kalish, Harold and Carole Wolfe Director of the Center for Pastoral Education and Assistant Professor of Pastoral Education, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

God’s Partners in Torah: Bereishit 5785 23.10.2024 14:03

The JTS Commentary for Bereishit for Rabbi Robert Harris, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

Lessons from Kohelet: Sukkot 5785 15.10.2024 10:09

The JTS Commentary for Sukkot by Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay, Associate Dean of the Rabbinical School and Executive Director of the JTS Hendel Center for Ethics and Justice Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

Sacred Words in Liturgy and Life: Yom Kippur 5785 07.10.2024 10:40

The JTS Commentary for Yom Kippur by Dr. Shira Billet, Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought and Ethics, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

Crying with God: Rosh Hashanah 5785 30.09.2024 6:39

The JTS Commentary for Rosh Hashana by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

Where Did Moses Go—and Why?: Nitzavim-Vayeilekh 5784 24.09.2024 9:46

The JTS Commentary for Nitzavim - Vayeilekh by Dr. Walter Herzberg, Assistant Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

Shattering Our Idols: Ki Tavo 5784 18.09.2024 4:55

The JTS Commentary for Ki Tavo by Rabbi Matt Berkowitz, (RS), Vice President of The Schechter Institutes, Inc. This commentary was originally published in 2004 Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

Is Modesty Still Relevant in the Twenty-First Century?: Ki Tetzei 5784 10.09.2024 7:45

The JTS Commentary for Ki Tetzei by Emmanuel Bloch, Ph. D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, JTS Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

The King's Torah and the Torah's King: Shofetim 5784 04.09.2024 11:49

The JTS Commentary for Shofetim by Dr. Barry Holtz, Theodore and Florence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education in the William Davidson School of Education, JTS This episode originally aired in 2017. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

Petition or Protest: Re'eh 5784 27.08.2024 7:43

The JTS Commentary for Re'eh by Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet, (’RS), St. Albans Masorti Synagogue This episode originally aired in 2017. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.

The Afterlife of Our Actions: Eikev 5784 19.08.2024 5:16

The JTS Commentary forEikev by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS This episode originally aired in 2015. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.