Passionate, open-minded Torah study and observance of Jewish law (Halakhah) rooted in classical religious sources and informed by modern scholarship.
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Vayera: We Didn't Start the Fire by Rabbi Jeffrey Miller
Why didn't Avraham plead for Lot to be saved from the destruction of Sodom?
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Vayera: Did Avraham listen to his wife? by Rabbi Steven Saks
Full d'var Torah at blogs.timesofisrael.com/did-…
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Vayera: Faith and Its Limits
This video features Rabbi Joseph Potasnik (@Joepotasnik / @Josephpotasnik) Executive Vice President of The New York Board of Rabbis, Chief Chaplain, FDNY, and Co-host of The Rev & The Rabbi.
Divrei may be purchased at utj.org/viewpoints/books.
Trials - ניסיונות by Rabbi Ronald Price (Hebrew video with English subtitles available).
What was Avraham's most difficult trial?
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Divrei HaLev and many other books (including those by Hakham Sassoon) may be purchased through the UTJ website at utj.org/viewpoints/books.
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Noach: Faith, Doubt, and Free Will
With Rabbi Mark Kunis
Divrei HaLev may be purchased through the UTJ website @ utj.org/viewpoints/books.
All videos in this series will be available at utj.org/viewpoints/modern-ju… and in our Youtube playlist "Divrei Halev."
Noach: Pave Paradise by Rabbi Jeffrey Miller
History, the saying goes, does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. Bavel rhymes with Eden. And the rhyming does not stop at Bavel.
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The Seduction of Eve and the Exegetical Politics of Gender by Rabbi Professor Reuven Kimelman
Article summary and link to full article at
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This week's video features Marc Shapiro, Professor and the author of various books and articles on Jewish history, philosophy, theology, and rabbinic literature.
As we bgin a new cycle of Torah reading, now is a great time to join a parashat hashavua class.
Rabbi Seth Gordon's class is on Wednesday evenings at 7PM central. Register to attend via Zoom at
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Video at: utj.org/viewpoints/videos/ko…
This class was part of Rabbi Gordon's weekly parashah class, which meets on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM Central Time. If you would like to attend online, please register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi….
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With a New Year, a Plethora of Books on the Parsha by Ben Rothke @benrothke (including "The Philosophers' Torah" by UTJ Viewpoints Contributor Rabbi Wayne Allen @ravallen)
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Kohelet Chapters 1-2 with Rabbi Seth Gordon
Traditional Congregation, St Louis MO
Rabbi Gordon will be doing a second session on Kohelet online on September 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM Central Time. Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi….
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Replace Your Yom Kippur Mindset with a Sukkot One by Rabbi Steven Saks
Yom Kippur Demands More Than Repentance by Rabbi Professor Reuven Kimelman
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Linked from the UTJ Viewpoints website at utj.org/viewpoints/press/yom….
Rosh Hashanah: Come Back with Me - On the Intersection of Zionism, Antisemitism, Teshuva, and Inception in the year 5787 by Rabbi Moshe Grussgott
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Linked from #UTJViewpoints at utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/…
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Ha’azinu: Emptiness and Connectedness with Rabbi Ronald Price and Tziporah Twersky Price, LCSW, psychotherapist and first critical reader/editor of Divrei Halev.
Divrei HaLev may be purchased through the UTJ website at utj.org/viewpoints/books.
