Torah
Publications
We have published the following collections of essays, divrei Torah, and/or original tefillah, sometimes in partnership with other organizations. These readers reckon with the situation on the ground in Israel-Palestine through the lens of Jewish tradition.
Time Lengthens for Us / כי ארכה לנו השעה: Our Chanukah supplement in collaboration with All That’s Left
Beneath the Mountain / למרגלית ההר (English volume): A Shavuot reader in collaboration with HaSmol HaEmuni, All That’s Left, and B’nei Avraham (Shavuot 5784 / 2024)
(note: the English and Hebrew volumes are not translations of one another but are companions that contain separate contributions.) (also note: contains shemos! Please handle with care if printed)
בצרור החיים: A Yizkor Supplement for Palestinian Life: Obituaries, prayers, and tehillim honoring the thousands of Palestinians who were killed in 5784
Beneath the Mountain / למרגלית ההר (Hebrew volume): A Shavuot reader in collaboration with HaSmol HaEmuni, All That’s Left, and B’nei Avraham (Shavuot 5784 / 2024)
(note: the English and Hebrew volumes are not translations of one another but are companions that contain separate contributions.) (also note: contains shemos! Please handle with care if printed)
For These Things I Weep / על אלה אני בוכיה: A Nine Days and Tisha B’Av reader in collaboration with All That’s Left
השתא הכא (Hashata Hakha / This Year We Are Here): A justice-oriented Haggadah reader with contributions from members of Halachic Left, All That’s Left, and HaSmol HaEmuni (Pesach 5784 / 2024)
Divrei Torah
Community members contribute divrei Torah from a progressive lens. If you would like your d’var Torah featured on our website, email us. Recent divrei Torah include:
Parshat Vayakhel by Yavni Bar-Yam
Agency or No Agency, That Is the Question (Parshat Ki Tisa) by Aaron Ocken
Parshat Tetzaveh by the Halachic Left Torah Team
The Mishkan and Beis HaMikdash: The Golden Age or the Age of Failure? (Parshat Terumah) by Yaakov Weiner
Parshat Mishpatim by Eliana Padwa
Parshat Yitro by the Halachic Left Torah Team
Parshat Bo by the Halachic Left Torah Team
Frogs Everywhere (Vaera) by Zackary Sholem Berger
Parshat Shemot by Caroline Morganti
Parshat Vayechi by Yonatan Kretzmer
Parshat Vayigash: Looking Shame in the Face by Noam Weinreich
Parshat Miketz: Facing Our Misdeeds by Abigail Allen
The Only Winning Move is Not to Play: Cycles of Violence in Bereishit, Vayeshev 5785
There’s a Riot Goin’ On: Talking about Violence and Power (Vayishlach) by R’ Aryeh Bernstein
To Steal Away Their Idols (Vayeitzei) by the Halachic Left Torah Team
On Parashat Toldot by Laynie Soloman
Chayei Sarah: Making Peace Last by Ya’aqov Shenkin
On Parashat Vayera by Jonathan Taubes
On Parashat Lech Lecha by Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
God’s Evolution from Genocide to Justice (Noach) by R’ William Friedman
“Your Blood Screams Out To Me”: The Undoing of God’s Creation (Bereshit) by the Halachic Left Torah Team
The Tears of a Mother by Akiva Lichtenberg, Rosh Hashanah 5785
Loving Peace and Pursuing Peace: Be Students of Miriam and Aaron, Drash Chukat, July 2024
Shiurim
We regularly host shiurim from rabbis and community leaders. Here are source sheets and/or recordings from recent sessions.
“Learning Torah Only from the Mouths of Angels: Torah from Morally Corrupted Sources” with R’ Lexie Botzum - recording; source sheet - November 21, 2024
“Like All the Other Nations: Jewish Desires for (and against) Kings and Sovereignty” with Rosh Yeshiva Binya Kóatz - recording; source sheet - October 15, 2024
“Love, Rebuke, and Accountability: What Does it Mean to Have to Love Other Jews?” with Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein (source sheet) - March 26, 2024