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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay thanks all of you who contributed in response to his previous podcast asking for support, and so as we celebrate the final day of Chanukah, and prepare for the New Year, we ask you one more time to
Parenting from the Inside Out
Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat Va-Yeshev (December 12, 2014): The way to become better parents (and better everything) is to learn about and improve ourselves.
Hanukkah for Grown-Ups
Rabbi Knopf explores the true meaning of Hanukkah, the version they never told you in Hebrew School!
Implicit Bias and Dangerous Silence
Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Va-Yishlah (December 6, 2014): Following the police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, and the failure to indict the officers responsible, a Jewish call for a more just society.
#Giving Tuesday
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay takes over all of the streams on JCast Network to ask you for support. Darone is very proud of the many successes that we have had on JCast Network, but doing this project requires financial support
The Dawning of the Age of Jacob
Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Toledot (November 22, 2014): Recent events in Israel are a reminder that we still very much live in a broken world. But Judaism believes another world is not only possible but inevitable, and we can help b
A Heart of Many Rooms: Understanding Jewish Diversity
In his third “Essentials of Judaism” class, Rabbi Knopf demystifies Jewish ethnic and ideological diversity.
Don’t Box Me In
Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat Toledot (November 21, 2014): What happens when we try to make others be who we want them to be, rather than who they are, and when others try to do the same to us.
The World of the Bible (Part Two of Two)
In part two of his second “Essentials of Judaism” class, Rabbi Knopf teaches about the Tanakh, the Jewish Bible, including where it came from, what it contains, and how it is utilized in Jewish worship.
The World of the Bible (Part One of Two)
In his second “Essentials of Judaism” class, Rabbi Knopf teaches about the Tanakh, the Jewish Bible, including where it came from, what it contains, and how it is utilized in Jewish worship.