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The Choice

The Choice

Sep 4, 2026 By Rachel Rosenthal | Commentary | Nitzavim | Vayeilekh

Imagine if you could choose your future鈥攏ot know it, but choose it. What would happen to you? Would you live forever? Would you choose how you were going to die? What would be your legacy? If you could, would you turn fantasy into reality?

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From Nothing to Nothing: Finding Your Own Voice in Prayer聽

From Nothing to Nothing: Finding Your Own Voice in Prayer聽

Aug 31, 2026 By Cantor Rabbi Shoshi Levin Goldberg | Public Event video | Video Lecture | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur

The High Holiday liturgy offers a rich tapestry of words handed down through generations, yet it also leaves room for something deeply personal: the prayers of our own hearts. In this session, Cantor Rabbi Shoshi Levin Goldberg, Director of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School, will explore the quiet prayer recited at the conclusion of the Amidah鈥攁 passage traditionally associated with the personal supplications of the sages鈥攁nd consider what it teaches us about bringing our authentic selves into prayer.

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After Liberation

After Liberation

Aug 28, 2026 By Job Y. Jindo | Commentary | Ki Tavo

Parashat Ki Tavo opens with two ceremonies: the presentation of the first fruits (Deut. 26:1鈥�11) and a declaration made after distributing the triennial tithe to the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow (26:12鈥�15). Their location is puzzling

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Fear, Trauma, and the High Holidays: Reading Ancient Texts with Compassion

Fear, Trauma, and the High Holidays: Reading Ancient Texts with Compassion

Aug 24, 2026 By Naomi Kalish | Public Event video | Video Lecture | Rosh Hashanah

In this session, Rabbi Naomi Kalish, Director of the Program in Spiritual Care and Counseling, JTS, will explore how the themes of fear and trauma surface throughout the High Holidays, with particular attention to the banishment of Hagar and Ishmael, the binding of Isaac,鈥痑nd the recurring language of the Psalms.

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God’s Love is Here to Stay

God’s Love is Here to Stay

Aug 21, 2026 By Burton L. Visotzky | Commentary | Ki Tetzei

I鈥檓 going to make a bold conjecture: that聽Ki聽Tetzei聽was the Bar Mitzvah聽portion聽of George Gershwin, and that his older brother Ira was inspired by the haftarah that young Yankele chanted. The section was from Isaiah聽54聽and it聽constituted聽the seventh of the Haftarahs of Consolation (Shiva Denehemta) following Tishah Be鈥檃v.聽聽

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