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The JTS Commentary for Re'eh by Dr. Shira Billet, Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought and Ethics,
Academic Director, Hendel Center for Ethics and Justice, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Eikev by Benjamin Mann, EdD, Alumni (Davidson School), Head of School, Schechter School of Long Island Adjunct Assistant Professor, The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Va'et-hannan by Rabbi Mike Uram, Chancellor, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Devarim by Rabbi Paula Mack Drill, Alumni (RS '04), ), Mekhinah Program Mentor, Adjunct Lecturer, Rabbi in Residence, Congregation Agudath Israel (Caldwell, NJ)
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The JTS Commentary for Mattot-Masei by Dr. Abigail Uhrman, Director of The William Davidson Graduate School, Associate Professor of Jewish Education, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Pinehas by Dr. Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections and Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Hukkat-Balak by Dr. Lorraine Enlow, Alumni (Kekst Graduate School), Admissions Officer (Yale Institute of Sacred Music), Adjunct Assistant Professor, JTS,
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The JTS Commentary for Korah by Dr. Sarah Wolf, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Shelah Lekha by Achia Anzi, Artist and Adjunct Assistant Professor, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Beha'alotekha by Emmanuel Bloch, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Naso by Dr. Alan Cooper, Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies Emeritus
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The JTS Commentary for Shavuot by Dr. David C. Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics
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The JTS Commentary for Bemidbar by Rabbi Abigail Treu, JTS Alum (Rabbinical School, Kekst Graduate School)
This commentary was originally published in 2013.
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The JTS Commentary for Behar | Behukkotai by Rabbi Daniel Nevins, JTS Alum (Rabbinical School), Former Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and the Division of Religious Leadership,
Adjunct Assistant Professor
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2019.
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The JTS Commentary for Emor by Dr. Yitz Landes, Assistant Professor of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures
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The JTS Commentary for Aharei Mot | Kedoshim by Dr. Raymond Scheindlin, Professor Emeritus of Medieval Hebrew Literature
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018.
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The JTS Commentary for Tazria-Metzora by Dr. Joy Ladin, Past Adjunct Professor, JTS; David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English, Yeshiva University (2003-2021)
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2017.
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The JTS Commentary for Shemini by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections; Assistant Professor, Talmud and Rabbinics
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2022.
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The JTS Commentary for Pesah by Rabbi David Hoffman, Adjunct Professor of Talmud, JTS Alum (Rabbinical School)
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018.
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The JTS Commentary for Shabbat Hagadol by Rabbi Robert Harris, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages
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The JTS Commentary for Vayikra by Rabbi Tim Bernard Daniel, Rabbinical School Alum, Former Director of Digital Learning, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2020.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayak-hel Pekudei by Rabbi Eliezer B. Diamond (z”l), Judah Nadich Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018.
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tissa by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky, Dean, List College and Kekst Graduate School; Blanche and Romie Shapiro Professor, Bible
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018.
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The JTS Commentary for Tetzeveh and Shabbat Zakhor by Sandra Fox, Sandra Fox, Robert S. Rifkind Chair in American Jewish History
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The JTS Commentary for Terumah by Rabbi Daniel Nevins, Former Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and the Division of Religious Leadership, Adjunct Assistant Professor
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2017.
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JTS Torah Commentary for Parashat Misphatim / Shabbat Shekalim by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement
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JTS Torah Commentary for Parashat Yitro by Alan Cooper, Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies Emeritus
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JTS Torah Commentary for Parashat Beshallah by Cantor Shoshi Levin Goldberg, Director, H. L. Miller Cantorial School
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JTS Torah Commentary for Parashat Bo by Rabbi Luciana Lederman Pajecki, Director of the Beit Midrash and Nishma Summer Program, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Halakhah, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Va'era by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Director of the Block / Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2016.
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JTS Torah Commentary for Parashat Shemot by Rabbi Naomi Kalish, Harold and Carole Wolfe Director of the Center for Pastoral Education; Assistant Professor of Pastoral Education
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The JTS Commentary for Vayehi by Rabbi Eliezer B. Diamond (z”l), Rabbi Judah Nadich Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2017.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayiggash by Burton L. Visotzky, Nathan and Janet Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies Emeritus
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2020.
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JTS Torah Commentary for Parashat Miketz / Shabbat Hanukkah by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, PhD, Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections; Assistant Professor, Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary forVayeshev by Dr. Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor Emerita of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayishlah by Dr. Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor Emiritus and Professor of Jewish Thought
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2013.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayetzei by Rabbi Jessica Fischer (Alum, Rabbinical School)
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2019.
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The JTS Commentary for Toledot by Rabbi Daniel Nevins, Adjunct Assistant Professor and Former Pearl Resnick Dean of the Rabbinical School and Division of Religious Leadership, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2012.
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The JTS Commentary for Hayyei Sarah by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor forReligious Life and Engagement
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The JTS Commentary for Vayera by Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and Dean of the Division of Religious Leadership
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The JTS Commentary for Lekh Lekha by Dr. Eliezer Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Professor Emeritus of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2014.
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The JTS Commentary for Noah by Rabbi Daniel Nevins, Former Pearl Resnick Dean of the Rabbinical School, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2014.
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The JTS Commentary for Bereshit by Rabbi Mychal Springer, Adjunct Instructor of Professional and Pastoral Skills, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2007.
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The JTS Commentary for Sukkot 5786 by Dr. Yitz Landes, Assistant Professor of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Ha'azinu by Rabbi Lilly Kaufman (RS, CS)
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018.
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The JTS Commentary for Yom Kippur 5786 by Dr. Shira Billet, Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought and Ethics
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The JTS Commentary for Nitzavim 5785 by Noam Blauer, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tavo 5785 by Rabbi David Hoffman (RS), Adjunct Professor of Talmud, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2017.
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tetzei 5785 by Dr. Jonathan Milgram, Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2015.
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The JTS Commentary for Shofetim by Dr. Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections and Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2020.
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The JTS Commentary for Re'eh by Rabbi Daniel Nevins, Former Pearl Resnick Dean of the Rabbinical School, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2014.
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The JTS Commentary for Eikev by Dr. Raymond Scheindlin, Professor Emeritus of Medieval Hebrew Literature, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2010.
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The JTS Commentary for Va'ethannan by Rabbi Mychal Springer, Adjunct Instructor of Professional and Pastoral Skills
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018.
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The JTS Commentary for Devarim by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections and Assistant Professor of Talmud, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Mattot - Masei by Dr. Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2019.
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The JTS Commentary for Pinehas by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, PhD, Rabbi Judah Nadich Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2022.
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The JTS Commentary for Balak by Rabbi Joel Alter (RS), Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid (Milwaukee, WI)
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2017.
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The JTS Commentary for Hukkat by Dr. Arnold Eisen, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Jewish Thought, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2012.
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The JTS Commentary for Korah by Dr. Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2013.
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The JTS Commentary for Shelah Lekha by Dr. Raymond Scheindlin, Professor Emeritus of Medieval Hebrew Literature, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2015.
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The JTS Commentary for Beha’alotekha by Rabbi Ute Steyer (RS), Rabbi of the Great Synagogue and the Jewish Community of Stockholm
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2017.
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The JTS Commentary for Naso by Rabbi Daniel Nevins (RS), Former Pearl Resnick Dean of the Rabbinical School and the Division of Religious Leadership, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2017.
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The JTS Commentary for Bemidbar / Shavuot 5785 by Dr. Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections and Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Behar - Behukkotai byDr. Marjorie Lehman, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics and Area Chair of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Emor by Dr. Rachel Rosenthal (KGS), Director of External Affairs, Yeshivat Maharat
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018.
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The JTS Commentary for Aharei Mot - Kedoshim byJonah Guthartz, Emerging Leaders Fellow, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Tazria - Metzora by Dr. Alan Cooper, Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2013.
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The JTS Commentary for Shemini by Dr. Walter Herzberg, Assistant Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Its Interpretation and Professional Pastoral Skills JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018.
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The JTS Commentary for Pesach VII by Dr. Abigail Uhrman, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Tzav / Shabbat Hagadol by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayikra by Dr. Alan Cooper, Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Pekudei by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayak-hel by Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, Pearl Resnick Dean of the Rabbinical School and Dean of the Division of Religious Leadership, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tissa by Dr. Yael Landman, Assistant Professor of Bible, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Tetzavveh / Shabbat Zakhor by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Terumah by Rabbi Lilly Kaufman (RS ’01, CS ’98)
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2020.
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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, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Yitro by Dr. Barry Holtz, Theodore and Florence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education, JTS
This episode was originally broadcast in 2019.
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The JTS Commentary for Beshallah by Dr. Phil Keisman, Director of Teen Education, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Bo by Rebecca Galin, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS
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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 Seminary
In the first week of 2025, the Washington Theological Consortium hosted a weeklong interfaith dialogue program at the United Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia. Third-year JTS rabbinical student and Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue program manager Claire Davidson Bruder participated in this program, alongside other Jewish, Christian, and Muslim seminary students. The following d’var Torah is a collaboration between Claire and Sherouk Ahmed, a chaplaincy student at Bayan, an Islamic graduate school in partnership with the Chicago Theological Seminary.
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The JTS Commentary for Shemot by Rabbi Ariella Rosen (RS), Interim Lead Rabbi, Congregation B’nai Israel (Northampton, MA)
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The JTS Commentary for Vayehi by Benjamin D. Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayiggash by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, jTS
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The JTS Commentary for Miketz by Rabbi Joel Seltzer, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayeshev by Rabbi Yael Shmilovitz, Clinical Pastoral Educator at the Center for Pastoral Education, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayishlah by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayetzei by Dr. Arnold Eisen, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Jewish Thought, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Toledot by Rabbi Annie Lewis, Director of Recruitment and Admissions for Religious and Educational Leadership and Assistant Dean of First Year Rabbinical Students, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Hayyei Sarah by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayera by Rabbi David Moster, PhD, Director of Biblical Hebrew, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Lekh Lekha by Cantor Rabbi Shoshi Levin Goldberg, Director of the H.L. Miller Cantorial School, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Noah for Rabbi Naomi Kalish, Harold and Carole Wolfe Director of the Center for Pastoral Education and Assistant Professor of Pastoral Education, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Bereishit for Rabbi Robert Harris, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Sukkot by Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay, Associate Dean of the Rabbinical School and Executive Director of the JTS Hendel Center for Ethics and Justice
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The JTS Commentary for Yom Kippur by Dr. Shira Billet, Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought and Ethics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Rosh Hashana by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Nitzavim - Vayeilekh by Dr. Walter Herzberg, Assistant Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tavo by Rabbi Matt Berkowitz, (RS), Vice President of The Schechter Institutes, Inc.
This commentary was originally published in 2004
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tetzei by Emmanuel Bloch, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Shofetim by Dr. Barry Holtz, Theodore and Florence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education in the William Davidson School of Education, JTS
This episode originally aired in 2017.
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The JTS Commentary for Re'eh by Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet, (’RS), St. Albans Masorti Synagogue
This episode originally aired in 2017.
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The JTS Commentary forEikev by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
This episode originally aired in 2015.
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The JTS Commentary for Va’et-hannan by Rabbi Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor Emerita of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture, JTS
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The JTS Commentary forDevarim by Ariel Ya'akov Dunat (RS ’25)
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The JTS Commentary forMattot-Masei by Rabbi Chaim Galfand (RS ’01), School Rabbi for Perelman Jewish Day School (Philadelphia, PA)
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The JTS Commentary forPinehas by Rabbi Joel Alter (Alum, Rabbinical School), Rabbi, Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid
This episode originally aired in 2015.
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The JTS Commentary forBalak by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Henry R. And Miriam Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections and Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary forHukkat by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky, Dean of Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies and The Gershon Kekst Graduate School; Blanche and Romie Shapiro Professor of Bible, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2021.
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The JTS Commentary forKorah by Rabbi Menachem Creditor (’RS), Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar in Residence, UJA Federation of New York
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The JTS Commentary forShelah Lekha by Dr. Malka Strasberg Edinger (Kekst Graduate School ’24)
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The JTS Commentary forBeha'alotekha by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Director of the Block / Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts, JTS
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This episode previously aired in 2020.
The JTS Commentary forBemidbar by Rabbi Andrea Merow (List College ’92, Rabbinical School ’97), The Jewish Center (Princeton, NJ)
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The JTS Commentary forBemidbar by Dr Eitan Fishbane, Professor of Jewish Thought, JTS
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This episode previously aired in 2017.
The JTS Commentary forBehukkotai by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Henry R. and Miriam Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections and Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary forBehar by Rabbi Yael Hammerman (LC ’07 RS/DS ’14) Associate Rabbi, Ansche Chesed (New York, NY)
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The JTS Commentary forEmor by Loraine Enlow, Doctoral Candidate in Bible, JTS
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The JTS Commentary forKedoshim by Rabbi Talia Kaplan (RS ’24), Assistant Rabbi , Congregation Beth Shalom (Overland Park, KS)
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The JTS Commentary forAharei Mot 5784 by Dr. Jonathan Boyarin, Mann Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, Cornell University and Adjunct Professor, JTS
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The JTS Commentary forTetzavvehby Rabbi Lauren Henderson (RS '16), Congregation Or Hadash
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2016.
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The JTS Commentary for Tazria by Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies, Emeritus; Director, Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue; Louis Stein Director, Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Tazria by Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, Pearl Resnick Dean of the Rabbinical School and Dean of the Division of Religious Leadership, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Shemini/Shabbat Hahodesh byDr. Shira Billet, Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought and Ethics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Tzav, Shabbat Shekalim by Rabbi Luciana Pajecki Lederman, Director of the Beit Midrash and Nishma Summer Program, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Shabbat Zakhor by Dr. Yitz Landes, Assistant Professor of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Pekudei by Rabbi Cecelia Beyer (RS ’10), Adjunct Instructor of Liturgy, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayak-hel by Rabbi Robert Harris, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tissa by Ilana Sandberg, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2024)
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The JTS Commentary forTetzavvehby Rabbi Lilly Kaufman, RS ’01, CS ’98
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2018.
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The JTS Commentary forTerumah by Dr. Eitan Fishbane, Professor of Jewish Thought, JTS
This commentary was originally broadcast in 2014.
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The JTS Commentary forMishpatim by Caleb Brommer, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2024)
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The JTS Commentary forBeshallah by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary forBeshallah by Dr. Rachel Rosenthal (KGS ’19), Gemara Faculty and Director of External Affairs, Yeshivat Maharat
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This was originally broadcast in 2020.
The JTS Commentary forBo by Lara Rodin, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2025)
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The JTS Commentary forVa'era by Rabbi Eliezer B. Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary forShemot by Lilliana Shvartsmann, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of ’24)
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The JTS Commentary forVayehi by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Henry R. and Miriam Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special Collections and Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary forVayiggash by Ira Tokayer, Doctoral Candidate in Bible, JTS
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The JTS Commentary forMiketz by Avi Garelick, Principal, Rebecca and Israel Ivry Prozdor High School, JTS
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The JTS Commentary forVayeshev by Dr. Yael Landman, Assistant Professor of Bible, JTS
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The JTS Commentary forVayishlah by Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, Pearl Resnick Dean of the Rabbinical School and Dean of the Division of Religious Leadership, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayetzei by Rabbi Naomi Kalish, PhD, ACPE, BCC, Harold and Carole Wolfe Director, Center for Pastoral Education and Assistant Professor of Pastoral Education, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Toledot by Aiden Pink, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2025)
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The JTS Commentary for Hayyei Sarah by Claire Shoyer, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2025)
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The JTS Commentary for Vayera by Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School of JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Lekh Lekha by Sass Brown, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2025)
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The JTS Commentary for Noah by Tani Schwartz-Herman, Program Director, Community Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Bereishit by Dr. Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
Originally broadcast in 2015
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The JTS Commentary for Simhat Torah by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky, Dean, List College and Kekst Graduate School; Blanche and Romie Shapiro Professor of Bible, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Sukkot by Alisa Braun, PhD, Academic Director, Community Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Nitzavim Vayeilekh by Rabbi Joel Seltzer, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Nitzavim Vayeilekh by Rabbi Mychal Springer, , Adjunct Instructor of Professional and Pastoral Skills, JTS
Originally broadcast in 2016
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tavo by Dr. Alan Cooper, Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies, JTS
Originally broadcast in 2016
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tetzei by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics
Originally broadcast in 2019
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The JTS Commentary for Shofetim by Ellie Gettinger, Director of Digital Learning, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Re'eh by Dr. Malka Strasberg-Edinger, Adjunct Lecturer in Bible, JTS
Originally broadcast in 2017
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The JTS Commentary for Eikev by Dr. Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
Originally broadcast in 2018
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Va'et-hannan by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Director of the Block/Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Devarim by Dr. Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor Emiritus and Professor of Jewish Thought, JTS
Originally broadcast in 2018
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Mattot-Masei by Dr. Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
Originally broadcast in 2017
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Pinehas by Dr. Alisa Braun, Academic Director, Community Engagement
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Hukkat-Balak by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Director of the Block/Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts
Originally broadcast in 2016
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Korah by Rabbi Robert Harris, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Shelah Lekha by Dr. Abigail Uhrman, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Beha’alotekha by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Naso by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Shavuot by Benjamin D. Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Bemidbar by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Behar-Behukkotai by Rabbi Megan GoldMarche (RS ’14), Executive Director, Tribe 12
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Emor by Rabbi Lauren Tuchman (RS '18)
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Aharei Mot-Kedoshim by Amram Altzman(LC ’17), Associate Director of Youth Programs, Keshet
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Tazria Metzora by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Director of the Block / Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts, JTS
Originally broadcast in 2018
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The JTS Commentary for Parshat Shemini by Dr. Leonard A. Sharzer, Associate Director for Bioethics Emeritus,The Finkelstein Institute of Religious and Social Studies, JTS
Originally broadcast in 2017
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The JTS Commentary for Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesah by Rabbi Ben Levy, DHL, KGS '22
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The JTS Commentary for Shabbat Hagadol, Parshat Tzav by Rabbi Joel Seltzer, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayikra by Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, Nathan and Janet Appleman Professor Emeritus of Midrash and Interreligious Studies, JTS
This commentary was originally published in 2014.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayak-hel Pekudei by Rabbi Kara L. Tav (RS ’10), MA, BCC, Adjunct Lecturer, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tissa by Dr. Walter Herzberg, Assistant Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Its Interpretation and Professional Pastoral Skills, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Tetzavveh by Dr. Robert Harris, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
The commentary was originally published in 2010.
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The JTS Commentary for Terumah by Dr. Stephen A. Geller, Irma Cameron Milstein Professor Emeritus of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
This podcast was originally broadcast in 2015
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The JTS Commentary for Misphatim by Dr. Yael Landman, Assistant Professor of Bible, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Yitro by Amelia Wolf, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2023)
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The JTS Commentary for Beshallah by Rabbi E. Noach Shapiro, LCSW, Adjunct Professor, Center for Pastoral Education at JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Bo by Andy Weissfeld, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2023)
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The JTS Commentary for Va’era by Dr. Sarah Wolf, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS.
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The JTS Commentary for Shemot by Dr. Ismar Schorsch, Chancellor Emeritus and Rabbi Herman Abramovitz Distinguished Service Professor of Jewish History, JTS.
This piece is adapted from a commentary published in 2002 and can be found in Canon Without Closure: Torah Commentaries (Aviv Press: 2007).
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The JTS Commentary for Vayehi by Dr. Jonathan S. Milgram, Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayiggash by Rabbi Matt Berkowitz, Director of Israel Programs, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Miketz by Dr. Arnold Eisen, Chancellor Emeritus; Professor of Jewish Thought
Originally broadcast in 2015
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The JTS Commentary for Vayeshev by Aaron Leven, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2023)
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The JTS Commentary for Vayishlah by Alison L. Joseph, PhD (LC ’01), Director of Digital Projects, The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization
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The JTS Commentary for Vayetzei by Avi Garelick, Principal, Rebecca and Israel Ivry Prozdor High School, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Toledot by Dr. Burton Visotzsky, Nathan and Janet Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies
Originally broadcast in 2016
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The JTS Commentary for Hayyei Sarah by Rabbi Judith Rebecca Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor Emerita of Talmud and Rabbinical Culture, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayera by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky, Dean, List College and Kekst Graduate School and Blanche and Romie Shapiro Professor of Bible, JTS
Originally broadcast in 2017
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The JTS Commentary for Lekh Lekha by Edward L. Greenstein, Teacher’s Institute ’70, RS ’74, DHL Honoris Causa ‘22, Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Bar Ilan University
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The JTS Commentary for Noah by Alisa Braun, PhD, Academic Director, Community Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Bereishit by Israel Gordan (CS, DS ’11), Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2023)
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The JTS Commentary for Sukkot by Grace Gleason, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2023)
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The JTS Commentary for Ha'azinu by Dr. Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Jewish Thought, JTS. Originally broadcast in 2016
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The JTS Commentary for Vayeilekh by Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen, Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and Dean of the Division of Religious Leadership, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Nitzavim by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tavo by Rabbi Burton Visotzky, Nathan and Janet Appleman Professor Emeritus of Midrash and Interreligious Studies, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tetzei 5782 by Dr. Joy Ladin, Past Adjunct Professor, JTS; David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English, Yeshiva University (2003-2021)
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The JTS Commentary for Shoftim by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky, Dean, Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies and Kekst Graduate School; Blanche and Romie Shapiro Professor of Bible, JTS. This episode originally aired in 2019.
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The JTS Commentary for Re'eh by Rabbi David Zev Moster, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bible, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Eikev by Gavriella Kornsgold, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2023)
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The JTS Commentary for Va’et-hannan by Benjy Forester, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2023)
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The JTS Commentary for Devarim by Dr. Raymond Scheindlin, Professor Emeritus of Medieval Hebrew Literature
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The JTS Commentary for Pinehas by Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay, Executive Director, Hendel Center for Ethics and Justice, and Associate Dean of The Rabbinical School, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Pinehas by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, PhD, Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Balak by Dr. Aaron Koller, Adjunct Professor of Talmud, JTS and Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Yeshiva University
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The JTS Commentary for Hukkat by Rabbi Ilana Zietman (LC ’11), Community Rabbi, GatherDC
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The JTS Commentary for Korah by Rabbi Joshua Rabin (RS, DS ’11), Senior Director of USY
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The JTS Commentary for Shelah Lekha by Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek (RS, KGS ’07), Rabbi, Beacon Hebrew Alliance
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The JTS Commentary for Beha’alotekha by Rabbi Luciana Pajecki Lederman (RS ’05, KGS ’21), Adjunct Instructor, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Naso by Benjamin D. Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Bemidbar by Beverly Bailis, (KGS ’12), Director of Academic Planning and Assistant Professor of Jewish Literature, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Behukkotai by Ellie Gettinger, Director of Digital Learning, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Behar by Dr. Yedida Eisenstat (KGS ’14), Editorial Associate, Posen Library of Jewish Civilization and Culture. Originally broadcast in 2017
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The JTS Commentary for Emor by Alan Imar, Student, Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies, JTS (Class of 2022)
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The JTS Commentary for Kedoshim by Dr. Naama Weiss, Adjunct Instructor of Hebrew, JTS.
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The JTS Commentary for Aharei Mot by Linda S. Golding, Staff Chaplain and Coordinator, Pastoral Services Milstein Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital; Adjunct Lecturer, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for the Last Days of Pesah by William Plevan, Adjunct Assistant Professor, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Pesah by Jeremy Tabick, PhD Candidate in Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Shabbat Hagadol by Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Chancellor and Irving Lehrman Professor of American Jewish History, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Tazria by Dr. Rachel Rosenthal, JTS Adjunct Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics
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The JTS Commentary for Shemini by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Director, Matthew Eisenfeld and Sara Duker Beit Midrash; Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Tzav by Rabbi Naomi Kalish, Harold and Carole Wolfe Director of the Center for Pastoral Education, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayikra by Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Pekudei by Rabbi Matthew Berkowitz, Director of Israel Programs, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Vayak-hel by Dr. Ofra Arieli Backenroth, Associate Dean, William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education and Assistant Professor of Jewish Education, JTS
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Yitz Landes, Adjunct Instructor in Ancient Judaism, JTS; PhD Candidate in Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity, Princeton University
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The JTS Commentary for Yitro by Dr. Raymond Scheindlin, Professor Emeritus of Medieval Hebrew Literature, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Yitro by Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, Chief Executive, USCJ and the Rabbinical Assembly, JTS Alumnus (RS ’99)
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The JTS Commentary for Yitro by David Shmidt Chapman, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2022)
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The JTS Commentary for Yitro by Dr. Miriam Feldmann Kaye, Adjunct Associate Professor, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Beshallah by Rabbi Nicole Wilson-Spiro, PhD Candidate in Rabbinic Literature, JTS
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The JTS Commentary for Bo by Dov Kahane, PhD Candidate in Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS.
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The JTS Commentary for Shemot by Dave Yedid, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2022).
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The JTS Commentary for Shemot by Jessica Dell'Era, The Rabbinical School of JTS (Class of 2022).
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The JTS Commentary for Vayiggash by Rabbi Joel Seltzer.
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The JTS Commentary for Miketz by Rabbi Howard Markose, PhD.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayeshev by Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayishlah by Dr. Walter Herzberg.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayetzei by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond.
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The JTS Commentary for Toledot by Rabbi Ariella Rosen.
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The JTS Commentary for Hayyei Sarah by Dr. Jason Rogoff.
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The JTS Commentary for Lekh Lekha by Avi Garelick.
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The JTS Commentary for Bereishit by Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses .
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The JTS Commentary for Sukkot by Rabbi David Zev Moster, PhD.
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The JTS Commentary for Ha'azinu by Dr. Alisa Braun.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayeilekh by Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz.
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The JTS Commentary for Nitzavim by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach.
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tavo by Alisa Tzipi Zilbershtein.
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tetzei by Dr. Jeffrey Kress.
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The JTS Commentary for Shofetim by Rabbi Rafi Cohen.
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The JTS Commentary for Re'eh by Dr. Katja Vehlow.
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The JTS Commentary for Eikev by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz.
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The JTS Commentary for Va’et-hannan by Dr. Rachel Rosenthal.
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The JTS Commentary for Devarim by Dr. Eitan Fishbane.
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The JTS Commentary for Mattot-Masei by Dr. Judith Hauptman.
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The JTS Commentary for Balak by Rabbi Burton Visotsky.
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The JTS Commentary for Hukkat by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky.
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The JTS Commentary for Korah by Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay.
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The JTS Commentary for Shelah Lekha by Rabbi Gordon Tucker.
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The JTS Commentary for Beha'alotekha by Dr. Shira Epstein.
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The JTS Commentary for Naso by Dr. Abigail Uhrman.
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The JTS Commentary for Shavuot by Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz.
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The JTS Commentary for Behar-Behukkotai by Jeremy Tabick.
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The JTS Commentary for Emor by Rabbi Naomi Kalish.
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The JTS Commentary for Aharei Mot - Kedoshim by Rabbi Daniel Nevins.
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The JTS Commentary for the Tazria-Metzora by Rabbi Matthew Berkowitz.
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The JTS Commentary for the Last Days of Passover by Dr. Jason Rogoff.
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The JTS Commentary for the Last Days of Passover by Dr. Walter Herzberg.
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The JTS Commentary for Passover / Shabbat Hagadol by Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayikra by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayak-hel - Pekudei by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky.
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tissa by Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster.
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The JTS Commentary for Tetzavveh by Dr. Ofra Arieli Backenroth.
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The JTS Commentary for Terumah by Rabbi Julia Andelman.
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The JTS Commentary for Shabbat Shekalim by Rabbi Gordon Tucker.
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The JTS Commentary for Beshallah by Dr. David G. Roskies.
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The JTS Commentary for Bo by Rabbi Daniel Nevins.
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The JTS Commentary for Va'era by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz.
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The JTS Commentary for Shemot by Dr. Arnold M. Eisen. This commentary was first published in 5767.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayehi by Rabbi Rafi Cohen.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayiggash by Rabbi Burton Visotzky.
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The JTS Commentary for Miketz by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach.
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The JTS Commentary for Hanukkah by Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayishlah by Rabbi Matthew Berkowitz.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayetzei by Rabbi Gordon Tucker.
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The JTS Commentary for Toledot by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky.
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The JTS Commentary for Hayyei Sarah by Dr. Jonathan Milgram.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayera by Rabbi Naomi Kalish.
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The JTS Commentary for Lekh-Lekha by Maya Zinkow.
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The JTS Commentary for Bereishit by Rabbi Daniel Nevins.
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The JTS Commentary for Shemini Atzeret by Dr. Rachel Rosenthal.
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The JTS Commentary for Sukkot by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond.
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The JTS Commentary for Ha'azinu by Dr. Ofra Backenroth.
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The JTS Commentary for Rosh Hashanah by Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz.
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The JTS Commentary for Nitzavim-Vayelekh by Dr. Michal Raucher.
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tavo by Benjamin Freed.
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tetzei by Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay.
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The JTS Commentary for Shofetim by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz.
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The JTS Commentary for Re'eh by Malka Strasberg Edinger.
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The JTS Commentary for Eikev by Dr. Benjamin D. Sommer.
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The JTS Commentary for Va'et-hannan / Shabbat Nahamu by Rabbi Naomi Kalish.
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The JTS Commentary for Devarim by Dr. Sarah Wolf.
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The JTS Commentary for Mattot-Masei by Rabbi Daniel Nevins.
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The JTS Commentary for Pinehas by Rabbi Matthew Berkowitz.
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The JTS Commentary for Hukkat-Balak by Dr. Shira Epstein.
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The JTS Commentary for Shelah Lekha by Dr. Barry Holtz.
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The JTS Commentary for Beha'alotekha by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach.
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The JTS Commentary for Naso by Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg.
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The JTS Commentary for Shavuot by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky.
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The JTS Commentary for Bemidbar by Rabbi Mychal Springer.
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The JTS Commentary for Behar-Behukkotai by Dr. Walter Herzberg and Aron Wander.
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The JTS Commentary for Emor by Dr. Abigail Uhrman.
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The JTS Commentary for Aharei Mot-Kedoshim by Rabbi Joshua Rabin.
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The JTS Commentary for Tazria-Metzora by Dr. Jason Rogoff.
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The JTS Commentary for Shemini by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond.
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The JTS Commentary for Pesah by Rabbi Judith Hauptman.
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The JTS Commentary for Shabbat Hagadol by Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayikra by Rabbi Tim Daniel Bernard.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayak-hel Pekudei by Rabbi Nicole Wilson-Spiro.
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The JTS Commentary for Ki Tissa by Jeremy Tabick.
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The JTS Commentary for Tetzavveh by Rabbi Matthew Berkowitz.
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The JTS Commentary for Terumah by Rabbi Lilly Kaufman.
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The JTS Commentary for Mishpatim by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz.
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The JTS Commentary for Yitro by Rabbi Daniel Nevins.
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The JTS Commentary for Beshallah by Dr. Rachel Rosenthal.
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The JTS Commentary for Va'era by Dr. Hillel Gruenberg.
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The JTS Commentary for Va'era by Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky.
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The JTS Commentary for Shemot by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayehi by Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayiggash by Dr. Sarah Wolf.
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The JTS Commentary for Miketz by Dr. Shira D. Epstein.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayeshev by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayishlah by Rabbi Daniel Nevins.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayetzei by Jessica Fisher.
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Episode 1: Who Were the Rabbis?
What led to the emergence of the group of scholars and teachers we call the Rabbis? What motivated them and what did they value? The Rabbis looked to their forebear, Hillel, as an exemplar of religious leadership, and in this episode, we’ll look at three stories they told about Hillel to see what we can learn about the Rabbis’ self-conception.
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Produced by Rabbi Tim Bernard
Cover art: Rabbi Tim Bernard
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The JTS Commentary for Hayyei Sarah by Rabbi Naomi Kalish.
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The JTS Commentary for Vayera by Rabbi Ariella Rosen.
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The JTS Commentary for Lekh Lekha by Dr. David Roskies.
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The JTS Commentary for Noah by Mary Brett Koplen.
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The JTS Commentary for Bereishit by Rabbi Burton Visotzky and Karenna Gore.
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The JTS Commentary for Sukkot by Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz.
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The JTS Torah Commentary for Ha'azinu by Dr. Raymond Scheindlin.
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The JTS Holiday Commentary for Shabbat Shuvah and Yom Kippur by Rabbi Julia Andelman.
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The JTS Torah Commentary for Nitzavim by Rabbi Daniel Nevins.
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The JTS Torah Commentary for Ki Tavo by Rabbi Lilly Kaufman.
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The JTS Torah Commentary for Ki Tetzei by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond.
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The JTS Torah Commentary for Shofetim by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky.
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The JTS Torah Commentary for Re'eh by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz.
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The JTS Torah Commentary for Eikev by Rabbi Nicole Wilson-Spiro.
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The JTS Torah Commentary for Va'et-hannan by Dr. Hillel Gruenberg.
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The JTS commentary for Shabbat Hazon and Tishah Be'av by Sara J. Bloomfield.
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The JTS Torah commentary for Mattot-Masei by Professor Benjamin D. Sommer.
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The JTS Torah Commentary for Pinehas by Marc Gary.
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The JTS Torah Commentary for Balak by Professor Jonathan Milgram.
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The JTS Torah Commentary for Hukkat by Dr. Abigail Uhrman.
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The JTS Torah commentary for Korah by Dr. Rachel Rosethal.
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In this opening episode of JTS’s new podcast, What Now?, host Sara Beth Berman tells her story and speaks with Professor Alan Mittleman. Dr. Mittleman shares his own experiences with loss, framing tragedies as taking place in a world that is nevertheless good and that gives us reason for hope. We also learn why giving Professor Mittleman advice is never a good idea.
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Funding: The Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious & Social Studies at JTS.
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The JTS Commentary for Parashat Lekh Lekha by Professor Jonathan D. Sarna of Brandeis University.
The JTS Torah Commentary Podcast for Shabbat Shuvah 5779 by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky
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The JTS Torah Commentary Podcast for Parashat Va'et-hannan 5778 by Rabbi Mychal Springer.
The JTS Torah Commentary Podcast for Parashat Devarim 5778 by Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen.
The JTS Torah Commentary Podcast for Parashat Beha'alotekha 5778 by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky.
The JTS Torah Commentary Podcast for Shabbat Hagadol 5778 by Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen.
The JTS Torah Commentary Podcast for Yitro 5778 by Adam Berman and Dr. Benjamin Sommer.
The JTS Torah Commentary Podcast for Parashat Hayyei Sarah 5778 by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond..
The JTS Torah Commentary Podcast for Parashat Noah 5778 by rabbinical student Melanie Levav
The JTS Torah Commentary Podcast for Parashat Bereishit 5778 by Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen