Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

numbers

debunking the conquest narrative

facing one of the hardest narrative arcs in the Bible armed with the truth of what really happened

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the desert speaks

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Into the Wilderness

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Ask the Rabbi and Each Other!

misc essays

adding more benches to the beit midrash

We do not need to be prisoners to our texts.

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holidays

On Trees, And Our Own Growing

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without a net (or, as the kids say: Big Personal News)

changes afoot in these parts

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kavanot (intentions) at the turning of a year

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a few notes on art and the transcendent

just because.

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Hanukkah love, December love, Hello

And A Bissel Regrounding in What Matters

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Random Cool Stuff Day

Just Because Who Doesn't Like Cool Stuff

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Bravely Facing Truth

On History, Heroes, and What's Possible

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on beauty, fear, and the limits of longing

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Guest Post: The Messianic Feminism of Shabbatai Zevi and Sarah Ashkenazi

Jericho Vincent on the Embodied Mysticism Now Derided as Heresy

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Hand in Hand

one model of what's possible for Israeli and Palestinian kids

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both/and

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Guest Post: The Prophetic Torah of Ezra Furman

A brilliant musician illuminates her lyrics

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Miscellaney for Discussillaney

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a peacemaking lens

a meditation, an empathetic bridge

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a lot of things are true.

the refusal to grasp this is a non-trivial amount of the problem

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Rereading Prayers for Rain

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The Big Big Mega History Text History Post

3700 years in about that many words

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The Urgency Of Demanding Joy

On the Government Shutdown and Who Matters

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Open thread time!! BRING IT!

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Guest Post: Finding Justice in Jonah

Reading a Reluctant Prophet Through a Neurodivergent Lens