Bereshit

Genesis 1:1-6:8

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Text Studies

You Can Run But You Can’t Hide

Provided by Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning, which creates educational resources for Jewish organizations on college campuses.

 

Completing Creation by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

Provided by KOLEL--The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, which is affiliated with Canada's Reform movement.

 

The Power Of A Name: The Power Of Naming by Rabbi Andrew Davids

Provided by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the central body of Reform Judaism in North America.

Commentaries

The Stewardship Paradigm by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Provided by Canfei Nesharim, providing Torah wisdom about the importance of protecting our environment.

 

Where Are You?  by Rabbi Elliot Rose Kukla

Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

 

New Beginnings by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

Provided by the Jewish Outreach Institute, an organization dedicated to creating a more open and welcoming Judaism.

 

Together But Separate by Devorah Weisberg

Provided by CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a multi-denominational think tank and resource center.

 

For Every Thing, A Purpose by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

Provided by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, which ordains Conservative rabbis at the University of Judaism.

 

Naming Noach by Rabbi Shimon Felix

Provided by the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel, a summer seminar in Israel that aims to create a multi-denominational cadre of young Jewish leaders.

 

The Two Creation Stories by Ismar Schorsch

Provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary, a Conservative rabbinical seminary and university of Jewish studies.

 

The Complexity Of Creation by Rabbi Jonathan Glass

Provided by the Orthodox Union, the central coordinating agency for North American Orthodox congregations.

 

Down From The Mountaintop by Rabbi Phil Miller

Provided by SocialAction.com, an on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world.

 

The Duality And Unpredictability of Human Nature by Gary Rubin

Provided by the UJA-Federation of New York, which cares for those in need, strengthens Jewish peoplehood, and fosters Jewish renaissance.

 

 

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