Commentary from the Book of Genesis

B'reshit

The 21st Century: In God's earthquake, Domination—or Community? (January 17, 2010)
High Holy Days: Does the Earth really matter? (August 12, 2010)
What is "the Image of God"? (October 17, 2009)
Jesus, the Rabbis, and the Image on a Coin (October 15, 2009)
Torturing the Image of God (April 28, 2009)
Before there was a Before (December 28, 2006)
Learning from Eden: "Do not gobble the Earth!" (September 8, 2001)
B'reshit - deciding whether to... (September 8, 2001)
Preserving the Eyes of the Universe (September 8, 2009)
The Eclipse of Wonder: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Our Ecological Crisis (October 6, 2007)
Ma'asei V'raisheet — The Works of Creation (July 22, 2009)
Cain and Abel: Brother's war/Brother's peace (September 8, 2001)
A Jewish Perspective on Abrahamic Wisdoms: Jacob, Joshua, Jesus, the Talmud, & Mohammed (March 24, 2009)

Noah

Rainbow, Oil Slicks, & Sabbatical Year: A tale of two covenants -- broken (May 5, 2010)
Rainbow Sign: A Jewish Approach to the Danger of Global Eco-Disaster (August 9, 2010)
From Rainbow Sign to Climate Policy -- Video! (October 27, 2009)
Jewish Leaders call for "Climate Healing Shabbat" at Noah/Rainbow Torah-time, Oct 23-24 (June 23, 2009)
Climate Policy: 7 Principles & a Yardstick rooted in Biblical & Jewish Wisdom (October 30, 2009)
**The Jewish Climate Change Campaign: Small Actions for Big Change (October 22, 2009)
Seven reasons for optimism about the Senate climate bill (October 18, 2009)
New Haftarah for the Rainbow Covenant: Hebrew & English text (September 19, 2003)
Haftarah Noah: Rainbow Covenant (September 8, 2001)
God Said to Noah: An Old/ New Song to Avert a New Flood (November 8, 2007)
The Flood: From Fairy Tale to Urgent Wisdom (September 8, 2001)
The Return of Captain Noah (July 31, 2009)
Actions on Shabbat Noah (October 1, 2009)
Praying for the Earth with our Voices and our Legs: Philadelphia (October 23, 2009)
Climate Healing Shabbat in Washington DC (October 23, 2009)
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent: Preventing a New World Flood, Sustaining the Web of Life (October 23, 2009)
Midrash on Noah and the Flood: Texts on the Preservation of Species and Human Responsibility (October 14, 2009)
Evanston IL Celebration of Creation & a Call for Climate Healing (August 13, 2009)
Rainbow Sign: Learning to Heal Our Planet from the Story of the Flood (July 31, 2009)
Noah & "Dominion" over the Earth (October 22, 2009)
For Shabbat Noach: A Prayer for Creation (October 15, 2009)
Teva: The Ark and the Word that heal us from the flood (September 8, 2001)
Brit Keshet v’ Tzit-tzit – A Covenantal Ceremony of the Rainbow & the Sacred Fringes (October 16, 2009)
The Very Tall Tale of Babel (September 8, 2001)

Bo

The 21st Century: In God's earthquake, Domination—or Community? (January 17, 2010)

Va'yeira

9/11 and Rosh Hashanah: Reconciling Abraham's Families, Celebrating American Diversity (August 26, 2010)
The Tale of Isaac's Binding as a Warning -- to Us (September 8, 2001)
Why Hagar Left: Womantorah across the Generations (September 8, 2001)
Three Knots in the Binding of Isaac (September 8, 2001)
When Abraham Sees God in Oak Trees (October 22, 2007)
Drush on the Akedah, by Esther Ticktin (September 8, 2001)
Seeing God through the eyes of Va'yeira (September 8, 2001)

Chayye Sara

9/11 and Rosh Hashanah: Reconciling Abraham's Families, Celebrating American Diversity (August 26, 2010)
The Tale of Isaac's Binding as a Warning -- to Us (September 8, 2001)
Death and Reconciliation (September 8, 2001)
The Tomb and the Well: Owning & Sitting (November 21, 2005)

Genesis

9/11 and Rosh Hashanah: Reconciling Abraham's Families, Celebrating American Diversity (August 26, 2010)

Behar

Rainbow, Oil Slicks, & Sabbatical Year: A tale of two covenants -- broken (May 5, 2010)

Vayyishlach

Godwrestling: an adult name change (December 7, 2009)
From Raging Wrestle to Godwrestle: Jacob & Esau (November 11, 2004)
Wordless Dina, Dark & Light (December 10, 2003)
Shalom Ctr Honors Cindy Sheehan & 3 Others as 'Prophetic Voices' (February 7, 2006)

Lekh-lekha

Lessons on War from Father Abraham (October 22, 2004)
From Cain to Abraham (September 8, 2001)
Between the Fires: A Litany of Grief & Hope (September 8, 2001)

Toledot

From Raging Wrestle to Godwrestle: Jacob & Esau (November 11, 2004)
From Rivkah's womb to the Western Wall (September 8, 2001)

Vayyetze

Rachel, Leah, & the First Godwrestle (November 18, 2004)
Jealous sister, jealous God (November 21, 2004)

Vayyeshev

Lot's daughter, Tamar, and Ruth: Mothers of Messiah (December 1, 2004)
Joseph and his Brothers (December 18, 2003)
The Missing Daughters of Jacob (September 8, 2001)

Miketz

In the Dark: Joseph & His Brothers (December 10, 2004)

Vayyiggash

In the Dark: Joseph & His Brothers (December 10, 2004)
The Missing Daughters of Jacob (September 8, 2001)

Vayhi

In the Dark: Joseph & His Brothers (December 10, 2004)
The Breasted God (September 8, 2001)
The Missing Daughters of Jacob (September 8, 2001)
A Jewish Perspective on Abrahamic Wisdoms: Jacob, Joshua, Jesus, the Talmud, & Mohammed (March 24, 2009)