JTS Torah Commentary

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Don’t Be the Terumah: Mishpatim 5785
February 19, 2025

The JTS Commentary for Mishpatim by Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay, Associate Dean of the Rabbinical School and Executive Director of the Hendel Center for Ethics and Justice, JTSMusic provided by JJReinho

The Confusion of Revelation: Yitro 5785
February 11, 2025

The JTS Commentary for Yitro by Dr. Barry Holtz, Theodore and Florence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education, JTSThis episode was originally broadcast in 2019.Music provided by JJReinhold / Po

Aggressor and Aggrieved: Beshallah 5785
February 04, 2025

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

The Worst Possible Plague: Bo 5785
January 29, 2025

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

Moses’s Lessons in Interfaith Dialogue: Va'era 5785
January 22, 2025

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 SeminaryIn the first

A Turn for the Better: Shemot 5785
January 14, 2025

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

Angel or Avatar? Vayehi 5785
January 07, 2025

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

A Tale of Two Dreamers: Vayiggash 5785
December 30, 2024

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

The World That Isn't There: Miketz 5785
December 19, 2024

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

What Makes Groups Reject Their Own: Vayeshev 5785
December 17, 2024

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