Midrash

The Ambition For Eden

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Garden of Eden, Utopia, Ambition, Judaism, Scripture Commentary, Scripture Study, Midrash, God, Jewish Social Justice, Religion News
Rabbi David Wolpe

In the Bible God exiles Adam and Eve and declares that they will never be permitted to return to the Garden. If God's intention was to assure that humanity would be forever exiled, why did God not destroy Eden?

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The Quest For Religious Knowledge And The Perfect Manicure

Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Video, Midrash, Weekly Torah Reading, Midrashmanicures, Conservative Judaism, Scripture Commentary, Judaism, Torah and Creativity, Torah Wisdom, Midrash Manicures, Slidepollajax, Torah Commentary, Creativity and Midrash, Weekly Torah Portion, Religion News

Every Wednesday, Rabbi Yael Buechler prepares to teach Midrash, the Jewish tradition of Bible interpretation, to 19 middle school girls at a Jewish da...

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Was Abraham Misogynistic?

Menachem Wecker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard McBee, Jewish Art, Midrash, Orthodox Judaism, Jewish Culture, Abraham and Idolatry, Jewish Feminism, Bible and Feminism, Old Testament Art, Religious Art, Feminism and the Bible, Sarah's Trials, Abraham and Sarah, Jewish Community Center Manhattan, Religion News
Menachem Wecker

Richard McBee, a painter, identifies as both a feminist and an Orthodox Jew, and as such, he is very concerned about how Abraham treated -- or rather mistreated -- his wife.

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Renewing Abraham's Children In The New Year And Liberating Them From The Old

Peter Ochs, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rosh Hashanah, Judaism, Jews and Muslims, Midrash, Muslims and Jews, Isaac and Ishmael, American Jews, American Muslims, Religion News
Peter Ochs, Ph.D.

What troubles me about last year is connected to what troubles me about Gen. 22:2. The text grates on my ears and eyes because it reminds me that American Jews seem to have forgotten that Ishmael is their great-grand-uncle.

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Understanding Midrash

David Shasha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Theology, Intellectual History, Aggadah, Midrash, Judiac Theology, Judaism, Torah, Religion News
David Shasha

While the Halakhah, Jewish civil and ritual law, is the stern discipline of Jewish life, the Aggadic Midrash is its fountain of creativity.

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