Opening Our Eyes Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein analyzes Balaam's blindness and points to our own blind spots in this drash on Parshat Balak. read more
Human Rights In Progress (Slowly) Rabbi J. Fred Schwalb traces the history of women's rights in the Torah and offers a prayer for the continued evolution of our ideas. read more
The Drought Down the Street Rabbi Jonah Rank examines unequal distribution of resources and the impact it has on kids in this reading of Parshat Ekev. read more
Seeing Through the Smoke Rabbi Joey Wolf urges us to find hope for the New Year in each other. read more
What To Do With Unbearable Suffering Rabbi Lauren Tuchman brings the Piaseczna Rebbe's teachings on Chayei Sara to our own times. read more
We Choose To Keep People Hungry. We Don’t Have To. Abby Leibman analyzes our attitudes towards hunger in this d'var torah on parshat Vayigash. read more
Freedom Means Thinking for Oneself, Too In this week’s d’var torah on Parshat VaEra, Bard College President Leon Botstein asks just what kind of freedom Moses was demanding. read more
How Teshuvah Can Inform Our Thinking on Slavery and Reparations In a d’var Torah for Parshat Bo, Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari suggests teshuvah may provide a framework for thinking about reparations. read more
T’ruah FAQ on the U.N. Database of Businesses that Operate in Israeli Settlements The U.N. released a database of 112 businesses currently operating in West Bank settlements, which are considered illegal according to international law. read more
The Other Side of the River, the Other Side of the Sea T'ruah's haggadah helps transform the seder into a conversation about immigration, racism, workers' rights, and forced labor. read more