Rabbi’s Talmud Class

October 3, 2020

Talmud this Shabbat: Holy Roller Coaster

How shall we understand the hot mess that is our beloved country right now? Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer, a rabbi at the Kitchen in San Francisco, makes an utterly brilliant...

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September 26, 2020

Talmud this Shabbat: Machzor Full of Tears–What Does the Proliferation of Tears in our High Holiday Stories Say to Us Now?

Weeping is the leitmotif of our machzor, and that is a good thing because it speaks to our moment. Our beloved land is full of emotion. Our prayers and stories...

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September 12, 2020

Talmud this Shabbat: How to Have a Deeply Fabulous At Home Rosh Hashanah

Talmud is back! Tomorrow morning we begin again, and our clergy team is blessed to tackle the following question: how do we make this year’s Rosh Hashanah fabulous–filled with meaning,...

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June 27, 2020

Talmud This Shabbat: What is the Proper Role of Clergy in a Contentious Time?

Black Lives Matter. Mask-wearing as politics instead of public health. Racist reduction of Coronavirus to “Kung Flu.” Whites in Boston have a median net worth of $247,000. Blacks in Boston...

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June 20, 2020

Talmud this Shabbat: Beheading Columbus–What is a Jewish Approach to Statues in the Public Square that Offend Contemporary Sensibilities?

Nine days ago, in Boston, in the North end, a statue of Christopher Columbus was beheaded. Similar violence, destruction and removal has been done to numerous statues in the public...

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June 13, 2020

Talmud this Shabbat: When is Incremental Too Little, Too Late? When is Radical Change the Right Move?

Abolish. Dismantle. Defund. What are we to make of these verbs, and of the fervor with which they are offered? No justice, no peace, abolish the police! Are these verbs...

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