Left at Sinai

Parshat Toldot 5787
Beresheet 25:19–28:9
Haftorah:  Mason Fouks, Dual Essence, Singular Impact: The story of We’wha 

Guest: Binya Kóatz
shelmaala.org
@binya_donethat, @shelmaalayeshiva

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Host: Rabbi Ariana Katz | arianakatz.com | @rabbiariana
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Editing: Ev Bowen
Music: Gevurah by Molly Bajgot | mollybajgot.com | @mollybajgot
Art: Liora Ostroff | lioraostroff.com | @lioraostroff

Parshat Chayyei Sarah 5787
Beresheet 23:1–25:18 
Guest: Rabbi Brant Rosen

shalom-rav.com
rabbibrant.com
ynefesh.com 

Titles:
Even As We Speak These Words

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Call to action: Release Ghassan Najjar Immediately

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Host: Rabbi Ariana Katz | arianakatz.com | @rabbiariana

hinenubaltimore.org | @hinenubaltimore

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Editing: Ev Bowen | @evanbowen.jpeg
Music: Gevurah by Molly Bajgot | mollybajgot.com | @mollybajgot
Art: Liora Ostroff | lioraostroff.com | @lioraostroff

Parshat Vayera 5787
Beresheet  18:1-22:24
Haftorah: Telling, Laura Hershey
Guest: Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
contemplativetorah.substack.com

This episode was primarily recorded on erev Tisha b’Av! If you catch a mournful vibe...

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Host: Rabbi Ariana Katz | arianakatz.com | @rabbiariana
hinenubaltimore.org | @hinenubaltimore
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Music: Gevurah by Molly Bajgot | mollybajgot.com | @mollybajgot
Art: Liora Ostroff | lioraostroff.com | @lioraostroff

Parshat Lech Lecha 5787

Beresheet 12:1–17:27

Guest: Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb

rabbilynngottlieb.com 

Shomeret Shalom Ordination Program

Titles:

Even As We Speak These Words

Hanooka Book

She Who Dwells Within: A Feminist View of Renewed Judaism

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Host: Rabbi Ariana Katz | arianakatz.com | @rabbiariana

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Editing: Ev Bowen | @evanbowen.jpeg 

Music: Gevurah by Molly Bajgot | mollybajgot.com | @mollybajgot

Art: Liora Ostroff | lioraostroff.com | @lioraostroff

Parshat Noach 5787
Beresheet 6:9-11:32 
Haftorah: Will We, Aurora Levins Morales

Guest: Rabbi Dr. Julia Watts Belser
juliawattsbelser.com

“Noah’s Ark from the Vantage of the Drowning: Disability Hermeneutics in the Age of Climate Change” Harvard Theological Review, October 2026

To Trace the Wilds of Home
Asynchronous Duets

“Loving Our Own Bones:  Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole” Beacon Press, 2024.

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Host: Rabbi Ariana Katz | arianakatz.com | @rabbiariana
hinenubaltimore.org | @hinenubaltimore
fortimessuchasthesebook.com | @fortimessuchasthesebook

Editing: Ev Bowen | @evanbowen.jpeg 
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Parshat Beresheet 5787
Beresheet 1:1–6:8
Haftorah:  Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

Guest: Rabbi Maggid Jhos Singer
svara.org/person/jhos-singer

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Host: Rabbi Ariana Katz | arianakatz.com | @rabbiariana
hinenubaltimore.org | @hinenubaltimore
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Editing: Ev Bowen | @evanbowen.jpeg
Music: Gevurah by Molly Bajgot | mollybajgot.com | @mollybajgot
Art: Liora Ostroff | lioraostroff.com | @lioraostroff

Welcome to Left at Sinai, progressive commentary on parshat haShavuah–the weekly Torah reading. This year we’ll be journeying through the Torah with some incredible teachers of our time–scholars, rabbis, mystics, maggidim, activists, students, wrestlers with Torah one and all. First episode, parshat Beresheet, out October 5 2026.

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Transcript: arianakatz.com/leftatsinai

Sponsor an episode by giving at the link above, then filling out this form: bit.ly/leftatsinaisponsor

Host: Rabbi Ariana Katz | arianakatz.com | @rabbiariana
hinenubaltimore.org | @hinenubaltimore
fortimessuchasthesebook.com | @fortimessuchasthesebook

Editing: Ev Bowen
Music: Gevurah by Molly Bajgot | mollybajgot.com | @mollybajgot
Art: Liora Ostroff | lioraostroff.com | @lioraostroff