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2/03/12

Beshalach (5772) | Of Prophets And Maidservants

1/27/12

Bo (5772) | Reparations: Ancient Egypt and the Nazis

1/20/12

Vaeira (5772) | Jews on KRAK

1/13/12

Shemos (5772) | Of Midwives and Matrilineal Descent

1/06/12

Vayechi (5772) | Shabbos: It All Adds Up

12/30/11

Vayigash (5772) | The Math Riddle of the Ibn Ezra

12/16/11

Vayeishev (5772) | To Be A "Shomer Shabbos" Jew

12/09/11

Vayishlach (5772) | The Jews and the (Winter) Blues

12/02/11

Vayeitzei (5772) | I'm Lovin' It?

11/25/11

Toldos (5772) | Rebecca: A True Jewish Mother

11/18/11

Chayei Sara (5772) | Signs

11/11/11

Vayeira (5772) | Sons-in Law and "Daughter-Takers"

11/04/11

Lech Lecha (5772) | Jewish Pride?

10/28/11

Noach (5772) | Brought to you by the number 70 ...

10/18/11

Sukkot (5772) | Mi Sukkah Su Sukkah

10/07/11

Yom Kippur (5772) | “Ball” Nidrei

9/28/11

Rosh Hashanah 5772 | Urgent: Elul Recall Notice

9/27/11

Rosh Hashanah 5772 | A Living Torah ... Forever

9/23/11

Nitzavim - Vayeilech (5771) | How to Make Your Jewish New Year's Resolutions Stick

9/16/11

Ki Savo (5771) | Rosh Hashanah and the Elections

9/09/11

Ki Teitzei (5771) | The Three-a-Day-a-Year Relationship

9/02/11

Shoftim (5771) | "Rabbinic Judaism": Do These Rabbis Think They're G-d?

8/26/11

Re-eh (5771) | We Jews Are All The Same

8/19/11

Eikev (5771) | "Scroll Patrol"

8/12/11

Vaeschanan (Nachamu) 5771 | Check Your Transmission

8/05/11

Devarim [Chazon] 5771 | Eichah: Where Were You?

7/29/11

Masei (5771) | A Swimming Lesson

7/22/11

Matos (5771) | Did Your Dishes Convert Yet?

7/15/11

Pinchas (5771) | As Long As It's Healthy

7/08/11

Balak (5771) | Jewish Liberals and Jewish Destiny

7/01/11

Chukas (5771) | Tefillas Haderech: Staying Connected

6/24/11

Korach (5771) | The Torah's Three-Part "Personality Test"

6/17/11

Shelach (5771) | Nahama D'kisufa and the Purpose of Creation

6/07/11

Shavuos (5771) | Lessons We Learn From a Really Low Teacher

6/03/11

Naso (5771) | "Live Long and Prosper"

5/27/11

Bamidbar (5771) | Got Yichus?

5/20/11

Behaaloscha (5771) | No Heaven for Hawking

5/13/11

Behar (5771) | The Final Exam

5/06/11

Emor (5771) | Osama Bin Laden is Dead ... Yay!!??

4/29/11

Kedoshim (5771) | The Royal Wedding

4/15/11

Acharei Mos / Passover Edition | Passover and the Sadducees

4/08/11

Metzora (5771) | Of Acronyms, Bacronyms and Toracronyms

4/01/11

Tazria (Hachodesh) 5771 | Of Brissim and Blood Clotting

3/25/11

Shemini (Parah) 5771 | The Jews and the News

3/18/11

Purim (5771) | Purim in Four Parts

3/11/11

Vayikra (5771) | The Hidden Hand in History

3/04/11

Pekudei - Shekalim (5771) | Jewish Myths and Urban Legends

2/25/11

VaYakheil (5771) | Tzedakah: Inscribing Your Name on a Building

2/18/11

Ki Sisa (5771) | "Family Day" and Kissing Babies

2/11/11

Tetzaveh (5771) | Clothes Encounters of the Torah Kind

2/03/11

Terumah (5771) | Snow White and the Seven Lessons

1/27/11

Mishpatim (5771) | "Lawyer Jokes" and the Torah

1/20/11

Yisro (5771) | The First Convert In Jewish History

1/14/11

Beshalach (5771) | Miriam: Prophetess and Lead Drummer

1/06/11

Bo (5771) | The Ancients and the Moderns: Who's Better?

12/31/10

Vaeira (5771) | Free Judaism and Free Will

12/23/10

Shemos (5771) | If We Don't Learn From Our Past -- We're History!

12/17/10

Vayechi (5771) | Lost in Translation

12/10/10

Vayigash (5771) | Making Aliyah - Moving Up in the World

12/03/10

Mikeitz (5771) | The Most Famous (Torah) Question of All Time

11/26/10

Vayeishev (5771) | The First Thanksgiving in History

11/19/10

Vayishlach (5771) | Israel's Wars: An Historical Perspective

11/12/10

Vayeitzei (5771) | The Indonesian Minister and "Extramarital Handshaking"

11/05/10

Toldos (5771) | Life and Death Lessons

10/29/10

Chayei Sara (5771) | “Bashert”: What it Really Means

10/22/10

VaYeira (5771) | The Mitzvah of Bikur Cholim (Visiting the Sick)

10/15/10

Lech Lecha (5771) | Life is a Test

10/08/10

Noach (5771) | A "Chassidishe Vort"

9/29/10

Berieshis - Simchat Torah (5771) | The Torah: Our Kushan to the Land of Israel

9/22/10

Sukkos (5771) | Sukkos: What They Never Taught You In Hebrew School

9/16/10

Yom Kippur (5771) | A Blessing on Your Head

9/06/10

Rosh Hashanah (5771) | Tashlich Lessons

9/02/10

Nitzavim-Vayeilech (5770) | The Hidden and the Revealed

8/27/10

Ki Savo (5770) | Labels are for Garments

8/20/10

Ki Teitzei (5770) | How to Make Your Spouse Happy

8/13/10

Shoftim (5770) | Life Lessons I Learned from my GPS

8/06/10

Re-eh (5770) | Rabbis and Fish

7/30/10

Eikev (5770) | Tefillah (Prayer): "Bear"ly Concentrating

7/23/10

Va-eschanan (Shabbos Nachamu) 5770 | The Weird and Wacky Wisdom of Jewish Rituals

7/16/10

Devarim (Shabbos Chazon) 5770 | Deuteronomy and the Sixth Millennium

7/09/10

Mattos-Masei (5770) | Brainwashing is a Good Thing ...

7/02/10

Pinchas (5770) | The 17th of Tammuz and the 4th of July

6/25/10

Balak (5770) | Bilaam and the Jews: The World Is Watching Us

6/18/10

Chukas (5770) | All About Yahrtzeit

6/11/10

Korach (5770) | "Grounds" for an Argument

6/04/10

Shelach (5770) | Of Flotillas and Futility: The Secret to Israel's Survival

5/27/10

Behaaloscha (5770) | Reb Moshe and the Goral HaG"ra: An Amazing Story

5/21/10

Nasso (5770) | “My Son, The Nazirite"

5/14/10

Bamidbar (5770) | Kabbalas HaTorah: The Wedding in the Desert

5/07/10

Behar-Bechukosai (5770) | Soundbites for the Ages

4/30/10

Emor (5770) | To Die For

4/23/10

Acharei Mos - Kedoshim (5770) | "Earth Day" and the Omer

4/16/10

Tazria-Metzora (5770) | A Boy or a Girl? The Ethics of Gender Selection

4/09/10

Shemini (5770) | Pirkei Avos: The Torah's 6-Week Crash Course in Jewish Ethics

3/26/10

Pesach (5770) | Happy Birthday!

3/19/10

Vayikra (5770) | Matzah: The Bread of Affliction?!

3/12/10

Vayakheil-Pekudei (Hachodesh) 5770 | The Timeless Message of Passover

2/28/10

Ki Sisa (Parah) 5770 | Is Judaism for Kids?

2/26/10

Tetzaveh (Zachor) 5770 | Evolution and Amalek

2/19/10

Terumah (5770) | Judaism and the Olympics: The Real Competition

2/12/10

Mishpatim (Shekalim) 5770 | To Kill or not to Kill: The Bible and Capital Punishment

2/04/10

Yisro (5770) | To Be a "Mensch"

1/28/10

Beshalach (5770) | Outreach For Dummies

1/22/10

Bo (5770) | The Rambam and the Bible Codes

1/15/10

Vaeira (5770) | Stone Deaf

1/08/10

Shemos (5770) | BirthRATE Israel

12/31/09

Vayechi (5770) | The Strange Burial of Esau's Head

12/25/09

Vayigash (5770) | Our Patriarch Jacob's "Moving" Experience

12/16/09

Mikeitz (5770) | Dreamin' of a White Chanukah

12/11/09

Vayeishev (5770) | Tiger in a Cage

12/04/09

Vayishlach (5770) | Thinking out of the Box

11/27/09

Vayeitzei (5770) | Santa Claus and the Jewish Religion

11/20/09

Toldos (5770) | Advice 101

11/12/09

Chayei Sara (5770) | “Old Matriarchs Never Die ...”

11/06/09

Vayeira (5770) | Abraham and the Athiests

10/30/09

Lech Lecha (5770) | Circumcision and the Jews: Together Forever

10/23/09

Noach (5770) | The Tower of "Babble" and the Origin of Languages

10/15/09

Beraishis (5770) | Shabbos: You Get What You Put Into It

10/08/09

VeZos Haberacha - Sukkos (5770) | A Man's Sukkah is his Castle

9/25/09

Haazinu - Yom Kippur (5770) | Yom Kippur: The Day of Atonement and Smoked Fish

9/18/09

Rosh Hashanah (5770) | The Shofar and the Chauffeur

9/11/09

Nitzavim - Vayeilech (5769) | Jews, Brisket and the Day of Judgment

9/03/09

Ki Savo (5769) | The "Wandering Jew" in Exile: An Amazing Prediction Comes True!

8/28/09

Ki Seitzei (5769) | The Get We Never Got

8/21/09

Shoftim (5769) | GUARD THOSE GATES!

8/14/09

Re-eh (5769) | Amazing Gematria (Hebrew Numerology)

8/07/09

Eikev (5769) | Benching For Dummies

7/31/09

Vaeschanan (5769) | FATHER (IN HEAVEN) KNOWS BEST

7/24/09

Devarim [Shabbos Chazon] (5769) | “Senseless Hatred" 101

7/15/09

Matos-Masei (5769) | STILL CRYIN’ AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS

7/10/09

Pinchas (5769) | PINCHAS, THE PEACEFUL ZEALOT

7/03/09

Chukas - Balak (5769) | The "Best" Doctors

6/26/09

Korach (5769) | Of Dogs and "Aufruf"s

6/19/09

Shelach (5769) | JUDAISM: LETTING OUR KIDS DECIDE?

6/12/09

Behaaloscha (5769) | JEWISH HISTORY AND THE “UPSIDE-DOWN NUNS”

6/05/09

Nasso (5769) | DOING THE RIGHT THING …. NO MATTER WHAT

5/27/09

Shavuos (5769) | EIRUV TAVSHILIN AND THE MESSIANIC AGE

5/22/09

Bamidbar (5769) | Take Two Tablets ...

5/14/09

Behar-Bechukosai (5769) | The Gift

5/08/09

Emor (5769) | (Jewish) Mother's Day

4/30/09

Acharei Mos - Kedoshim (5769) | CHINUCH: PRACTICE FOR THE REAL THING

4/24/09

Tazria - Metzora (5769) | “ONEG”S AND ANAGRAMS

4/02/09

Tzav (Shabbos Hagadol) - (5769) | THE FOUR SONS: WHERE DO YOU FIT IN?

3/27/09

Vayikra (5769) | THE “OCTOMOM” AND THE EXODUS

3/19/09

Vayakhel-Pekudei (HaChodesh) - (5769) | In Search of (the Meaning of) Chametz

3/12/09

Ki Sisa - Parah (5769) | Of Palindromes and Ponzi Schemes

3/06/09

Tetzaveh - Purim (5769) | HOW NOT TO STOP AN INTERMARRIAGE

2/27/09

Terumah (5769) | JEWISH-HOME DEPOT: YOU CAN BUILD IT, HE CAN HELP

2/20/09

Mishpatim (5769) | WHOSE MONEY IS IT ANYWAY?

2/13/09

Yisro (5769) | THE “BARUCH HASHEM” JEW

2/06/09

Beshalach - Shira (5769) | TU B'SHVAT AND THE "UPSIDE-DOWN" TREE

1/29/09

Bo (5769) | THE FLIGHT FROM EGYPT AND THE "LITTLE BLACK BOX"

1/23/09

Vaeira (5769) | Stone Deaf

1/16/09

Shemos (5769) | MOSES AND THE GRAD ROCKETS

1/09/09

Vayechi (5769) | Got Smiles?

1/02/09

Vayigash (5769) | AN OLD BLESSING FOR THE NEW YEAR

12/26/08

Mikeitz (5769) | It's Not "All or Nothing" in Judaism

12/19/08

Vayeishev (5769) | THE QUIET ROOM

12/12/08

Vayishlach (5769) | SANTA CLAUS AND THE JEWISH RELIGION

12/05/08

Vayeitzei (5769) | What They Never Told You About Jewish Weddings

11/28/08

Toldos (5769) | RELATIONSHIPS 101

11/21/08

Chaya Sara (5769) | Death & Marriage: A Comparison Jewish

11/14/08

Vayeira (5769) | Abraham & Sarah's Jewish Hospitality Guide

11/07/08

Lech Lecha (5769) | Idols 'R' Us

10/31/08

Noach (5769) | A Biblical Dose of Riddlin'

10/24/08

Beraishis (5769) | G-d Vs. Science? ... The Age of the Universe

10/17/08

Sukkos (5769) | Prayer and the "Aravah-Branch" of Judaism

10/08/08

Yom Kippur (5769) | KING KONG, YOM KIPPUR AND THE "REAL YOU"

10/03/08

Vayeilech (5769) | “I Am A Jew!”

9/26/08

Nitzavim (5768) | "I Believe in What?!" - The Secret Power of Amen

9/19/08

Ki Savo (5768) | Trial Prep for Rosh Hashanah

9/10/08

Ki Seitzei (5768) | Amalek: The Nation That Puts The "Sin" in Cynicism

9/05/08

Shoftim (5768) | What Sarah Palin Taught Me

8/29/08

Re-eh (5768) | Jews, Charity and the number 18!

8/22/08

Eikev (5768) | The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear (of G-d) Itself

8/15/08

Va-Eschanan (5768) | Tu B'av: The Jewish Valentine's Day?

8/08/08

Devarim (5768) | Tisha B'av and the Power of Speech

8/01/08

Masei (5768) | "This Land is Our Land ..."

7/25/08

Mattos (5768) | What's A "Shalom Zachar"?

7/18/08

Pinchas (5768) | The Good Old Days

7/11/08

Balak (5768) | The Messiah: A "Star" is Born

7/04/08

Chukas (5768) | Sing Your Own Song

6/27/08

Korach (5768) | The Mystery of the Missing On

6/20/08

Shelach (5768) | Tzitzis: The Mitzvah With Strings Attached

6/12/08

Behaaloscha (5768) | Jews and Free Food

6/05/08

Naso (5768) | Shavuos: The Forgotten Jewish Holiday?

6/04/08

Bamidbar (5768) | The M-Word

5/19/08

Emor (5768) | Israel @ 60 ... So Now What?

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