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Freedom Journeys is a deep meditation on the timeless—and timely—relevance of the Exodus narrative. In the grand tradition of mystical exegesis, Waskow and Berman reflect upon Exodus not only as an event that happened “then” and “there”, but a paradigm of movement that is happening here and in the now, for all of us, Jew and Muslim, Black and White, male and female. —Omid Safi, professor of Islamic studies, University of North Carolina.

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Commentary from the Book of Leviticus

Tzav

  • After Murder – the Paradox of Memory (March 16, 2011)
  • Jeremiahs Old & New: Wright & "wrong" (March 24, 2008)
  • Shabbat HaGadol before Pesach: A Sun of Justice with Healing in its Wings (March 24, 2009)
  • Liberating Passover & the Earth: Making change happen with the Interfaith Seder for the Earth (October 8, 2008)

Kedoshim

  • Toward a New Jewish Sexual Ethic (September 8, 2001)
  • The Emerging Torah of Same-Sex Marriage (February 18, 2004)

Bechukotay

  • OYL! -- Corruption, the Spirit, the Earth, & Us (May 14, 2010)
  • If We Do Allow the Earth to Rest -- (January 2, 2005)

Vayikra

  • Isaiah on Idols: Wood Then, Oil Now (March 15, 2005)
  • Food, Our Innards, and God's Inwardness (March 15, 2005)

Shemini

  • Strange Fire, All-Consuming Commitment (March 30, 2008)
  • Fires to Consume, Fires to Enlighten (September 8, 2001)

Tazria

  • When the Tah-may Sacred Candle Casts a Laser Beam of Light (April 6, 2005)

Metsora

  • The Metsorah Question: Dying and Flying (September 8, 2001)

Acharai Mot

  • Emerging Torah of Same-Sex Marriage (December 10, 2003)

Emor

  • Transforming Our Festivals, Our Lives (September 8, 2001)

Behar

  • The Shmitah and Yovel: Sabbatical and Jubilee Years (September 8, 2001)
  • Bankers, the Bible, & the Bail-out (September 23, 2008)
  • Toward a Jubilee Economy & Ecology in the Modern World (May 12, 2008)
 
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