JTS Torah Commentary

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JTS's weekly commentary on parashat hashavua and the holidays, published for over 20 years, is enjoyed by thousands of readers every week. The commentary features select faculty, students, and staff f... more

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The podcast currently has 393 episodes available.

JTS Torah Commentary episodes:

February 19, 2025 Don’t Be the Terumah: Mishpatim 5785
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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February 11, 2025 The Confusion of Revelation: Yitro 5785
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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8min
February 04, 2025 Aggressor and Aggrieved: Beshallah 5785
The JTS Commentary for Beshallah by Dr. Phil Keisman, Director of Teen Education, JTS

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8min
January 29, 2025 The Worst Possible Plague: Bo 5785
The JTS Commentary for Bo by Rebecca Galin, Student, The Rabbinical School of JTS

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8min
January 22, 2025 Moses’s Lessons in Interfaith Dialogue: Va'era 5785
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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January 14, 2025 A Turn for the Better: Shemot 5785
The JTS Commentary for Shemot by Rabbi Ariella Rosen (RS), Interim Lead Rabbi, Congregation B’nai Israel (Northampton, MA)

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6min
January 07, 2025 Angel or Avatar? Vayehi 5785
The JTS Commentary for Vayehi by Benjamin D. Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS

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10min
December 30, 2024 A Tale of Two Dreamers: Vayiggash 5785
The JTS Commentary for Vayiggash by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, jTS

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8min
December 19, 2024 The World That Isn't There: Miketz 5785
The JTS Commentary for Miketz by Rabbi Joel Seltzer, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement, JTS

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8min
December 17, 2024 What Makes Groups Reject Their Own: Vayeshev 5785
The JTS Commentary for Vayeshev by Rabbi Yael Shmilovitz, Clinical Pastoral Educator at the Center for Pastoral Education, JTS

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9min

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