maureen kendler

Tradition! Why we all love Fiddler on the Roof

Maureen Kendler examines the roots of the ever-popular musical

Hannah, the heroine of Rosh Hashanah

When life seems hard, the mother of the prophet Samuel shows us a way to get through

Beshallach

"Out of the window she looked out and peered, the mother of Sisera through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so long in coming?'" Judges 5:28

Bereshit

"And Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him" Genesis 4:8

Ki Tissa

"And I said to them, whoever has any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it to me and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf" Exodus 32:24

Bemidbar

"Take a census of the entire Israelite community. Do it by families following the paternal line, according to the name of each male…every male over 20 years old, who is fit for service" Numbers 1:2-3

Ki Tavo

"My father was a wandering Aramean" Deuteronomy 26:5

Va'etchanan

"Let me go over, I pray you, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly hill country, and Lebanon" Deuteronomy 3:25

Ki Tetzei

“And you see among the captives a woman of fair appearance, and you desire her and want her for a wife, then you shall bring her home to your house”

Chukkat

Seventh day Pesach

Bemidbar

Debate prejudice in class, but not under exam conditions

Acharei Mot

"And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat " Leviticus 16:21

Chukkat

"And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 'Because you did not believe in Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly in to the land which I have given them'" Numbers 20:12

Toldot

"And Rebecca heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son" Genesis 27:5