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Sources on Judaism and Reproductive Health
By Michael FesslerJuly 19, 2022
Friends, I'm attaching some text collections that I'm referring to in tonight's class on Judaism and Reproductive Health. My text study sheet: Jewish Perspectives on Reproductive Health Further Reading: From Justification to Justice: New Jewish Sources on Abortion (Dr. Michal Raucher) - JTS Evening of Learning, May 2022 Encoded Law and Embodied Spirit: Judaism and […]
Torah Study – Yom Ha-Shoah 2022
By Michael FesslerApril 27, 2022
Friends, I'm attaching the text sheet that we'll be studying after morning minyan on April 28, 2022. The first three texts are from Aish Kodesh (Holy Fire), a collection of Torah commentary from the Piaseczner Rebbe, Kalonymus Shapira, written in the Warsaw Ghetto. The last is a poem by Muriel Rukeyser, written in 1944. Downloadable PDF: Yom Ha-shoah […]
Shabbat morning Torah study: Zachor
By Michael FesslerMarch 11, 2022
Friends, I'm attaching a text study sheet for Shabbat Zachor, which falls the Shabbat before Purim every year. We'll be discussing this at services Saturday morning, and I wanted to make it available to those joining us via livestream. Shabbat shalom! Downloadable PDF: amalek text study for shabbat zachor.pdf Amalek: Out There, or In Here? […]