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Serach bat Asher: A 5-part story
An examination of the stories about Serach bat Asher, with context and a music video
David Schwartz
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321
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July 9, 2025
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Jacob
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Parashat Shemot
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Art
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Parashat Vayigash
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Moses and Joseph's Coffin
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Serah
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Serach
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Serach Bat Asher
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Parashat Pinchas
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Splitting of the Red Sea
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Girls in Trouble
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Parashat Beshalach
,
Joseph
Honi HaMe'agel: A 3-Act Story
A readers’ theatre version with discussion questions to help people dive into the stories of Honi
David Schwartz
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5342
Views
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January 27, 2023
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Readers’ Theatre
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Planting
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Yerushalayim
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Honi haMe'agel
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Discussion Questions
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Trees
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Shir HaMa'alot
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Honi haMagel
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Carobs
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Ta'anit
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Planting of a Tree
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Masechet Ta’anit
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Friendship
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Tractate Ta’anit
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Yerushalayim Shel Zahav
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Dreams
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Carob
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Tu B'Shvat
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Sleep
,
Honi HaMagel
The Daughters of Tzlofchad: A 3-Act Story
An examination of the story of the Daughters of Tzlofchad, with discussion questions and a readers’ theatre version.
David Schwartz
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1449
Views
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June 6, 2023
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Justice
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Women's Empowerment
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Alicia Jo Rabins
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Chutzpah
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Conquest and Division
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Parashat Pinchas
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Daughters of Tzelofchad
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BimBam
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Girls in Trouble
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Joshua
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Women
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Change
,
Women in Tanakh
,
Social Justice
A Robber and a Rabbi Meet at a River: A 3-Act Story
Readers’ Theater along with discussion questions to dig into the story of Reish Lakish and Rabbi Yochanan
David Schwartz
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4037
Views
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December 7, 2021
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Masechet Bava Metzia
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Rabbi Yochanan
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Tractate Bava Metzia
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Reish Lakish
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Chevruta
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Rabbi Yochanan (Hanapacha) and Rabbi Shimon B. Lakish (Reish Lakish)
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Readers’ Theatre
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Bava Metzia
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Rabbi Yohanan
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Discussion Questions
,
Rabbi Shimon B. Lakish
Impeaching Rabban Gamliel: A 3-Act Story
Readers’ Theatre and an examination of the story complete with discussion questions
David Schwartz
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3437
Views
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January 9, 2022
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Brachot
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Rabban Gamliel
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Rosh Hashanah
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Repent
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Leadership
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Tractate Brachot
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Forgiveness (מחילה)
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BimBam
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Readers’ Theater
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Rabbi Elazar Ben Azaryah
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Calendar
,
Discussion Questions
,
Masechet Brachot
,
Rabbi Yehoshua
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Meturgeman
,
Disseminator
,
Elazar Ben Azaryah
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Yom Kippur
,
Teshuvah
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Forgiveness
,
Blacksmith
,
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
,
Rabbi Joshua
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Repentence
,
Nasi
Ruth: A 4-Act Story
A set of questions to examine Ruth’s story, plus a Readers’ Theatre version.
David Schwartz
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2004
Views
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April 21, 2023
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Harvests
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Chalitsah
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Peoplehood
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Bible Raps
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Girls in Trouble
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Harvest
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Conversion
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Food
,
Leket
,
Boaz
,
Book of Ruth
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Kindness
,
Shikhechah
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Stereotypes
,
David
,
Naomi
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Shavuot
,
Welcoming Guests
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Parenting
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Threshing
,
Harvesting
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Blessings
,
Ruth
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Widows
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Discussion Questions
,
Hope
,
Readers’ Theatre
,
The Book of Ruth
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Alicia Jo Rabins
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Rut
,
Peah
,
Abraham
,
Passive
,
Megillat Rut
,
Welcoming
,
Winnowing
Jonah: A 4-Act Story
An examination of Jonah from different points of view, plus 2 songs, a Readers’ Theatre and an original “Sedra Scenes” version, and an “interview” with Jonah.
David Schwartz
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1839
Views
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September 12, 2023
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Prophet
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Minor Prophets
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Jonah
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Haftarah
,
Book of Jonah
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High Holidays
,
Sefer Yonah
,
Nineveh
,
Whale
,
Teshuvah
,
Repentance
,
Water
,
Leadership
,
Yonah
,
Prayer
,
Prophets
,
Fish
,
Machzor
,
Mincha
,
BimBam
,
Yom Kippur
,
Assyria
Eve: A 3-Act Story
Not Published
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David Schwartz
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299
Views
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October 25, 2023
Shifra/Pu'ah, Yocheved, and Batya: A 3-Act Story
An examination of the women at the beginning of the Exodus story
David Schwartz
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746
Views
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October 6, 2023
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Yokheved
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Parashat Shemot
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Women
,
Yocheved
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Exodus
,
Midwives
,
Exodus From Egypt
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Civil Disobedience
,
Adoption
,
Jamie Wendt
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Shifrah and Puah
,
Miriam
,
Women in Tanakh
Lot’s Wife: A 3-Act Story
A readers’ theatre version of the story with discussion questions to examine perspectives in the Lot's Wife story
David Schwartz
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2627
Views
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October 31, 2022
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Idit
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Lot's Daughters
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Lot
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Alicia Jo Rabins
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Salt
,
Gomorrah
,
Abraham and Lot
,
Lot’s Wife
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Safam
,
Edith
,
Readers’ Theatre
,
Women in Tanakh
,
Discussion Questions
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Sodom
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Parashat Vayeira
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Destruction
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Irit
,
Women
,
Girls in Trouble
,
Parashat Vayera
The Akeida: A 3-Act Story (and the Quran)
Discussion questions at key points in the story
David Schwartz
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2946
Views
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August 25, 2021
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Muslim
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Mountains
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Isaac
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Parashat Vayera
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Rosh Hashanah
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Islam
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Child Sacrifice
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Shofar
,
Rams
,
Quran
,
Akeida
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Ishmael
,
Abraham
,
Binding of Isaac
,
Ram's Horn
,
Koran
The Tower of Babel: A 2-Act Story
Discussion questions, readers’ theatre, and pictures and videos of the Tower of Babel and its midrashim
David Schwartz
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1060
Views
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October 19, 2023
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Languages
,
Generation of the Dispersion
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Tower of Babel
,
Babel
,
Readers Theatre
,
Sanctity of Human Life
Hagar: A 3-Act Story
Not Published
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David Schwartz
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547
Views
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October 15, 2023
Five Stories About Revelation
4 midrashim about Revelation, with context and discussion questions
David Schwartz
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1826
Views
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May 26, 2024
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Coercion
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Shavuot
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Torah
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Moses and the Tablets
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Modesty
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Giving of the Torah
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Languages
,
Humility
,
Seventy Nations
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Har Sinai
,
Shavuos
,
Na'aseh V'nishmah
,
Revelation
,
Nations of the World
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Seir
,
Matan Torah
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70 Nations
,
Megilat Esther
,
Mt. Sinai
Zeresh: A 2-Act Story
Thinking about Zeresh’s perspective through discussion question
David Schwartz
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690
Views
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March 3, 2025
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Megilat Esther
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Zeresh
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Purim
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Megilla
,
Mordekhai
,
Mordechai
,
Haman
Esther: An 8-Act Story
Looking at the Purim story from Esther's perspective, along with some videos.
David Schwartz
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935
Views
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July 4, 2023
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Mordechai
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Women in Tanakh
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Women
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Megilat Esther
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Mordekhai
,
Haman
,
Esther
,
Safam
,
Ahasuerus and Esther
Michal: A 5-Act Story
A look at Michal’s story, with discussion questions and explanations connecting the various parts.
David Schwartz
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1502
Views
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May 22, 2023
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King David
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The Beatles
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Abner
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First Samuel
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Michal
,
David and Saul
,
I Samuel
,
2 Samuel
,
II Samuel
,
Second Samuel
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Infertility
,
1 Samuel
,
Beatles
,
David
,
Barren Women
Deborah, Yael, and Sisera’s Mother: A 3-Act Story
Questions to dive deeper into the story of Deborah, plus music and art
David Schwartz
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2565
Views
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January 20, 2023
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Women
,
King Jabin
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Sisera
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Debbie Friedman
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Yael
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Period of the Judges
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Devorah
,
Women in Tanakh
,
Art of the Bible
,
Haftarah
,
Leadership
,
Shoftim
,
Sisera's Mother
,
Governance & Leadership
,
Songs
,
Judges
,
BimBam
,
Haftarat B’Shalach
,
Art
,
Deborah
,
King Yavin
A Trilogy of Villains: Mrs. Potiphar, Delilah, and Athaliah
Looking at the stories of Mrs. Potiphar, Delilah, and Athaliah from their points of view
David Schwartz
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590
Views
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December 3, 2024
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Joseph
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Parashat Vayeshev
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Women in Tanakh
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Samson
,
Hair
,
Joseph and Potiphar
,
Joseph in Egypt
,
Betrayal
,
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
,
Mrs. Potiphar
,
Delilah
,
Athaliah
,
Seduction
,
Philistines
,
Money
,
Queens
,
Women
,
Queen
,
Temptation
,
Jehu
,
Haircuts
,
Usurpation
Jacob and Esau: A 3-Act Story
A Readers' Theatre version of the story, with discussion questions to prompt an examination of what characters might have been thinking.
David Schwartz
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1873
Views
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February 3, 2022
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VaYishlach
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Rebekah
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Deception
,
Jacob's Blessing
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Barren Women
,
Toldos
,
Safam
,
Isaac and Rebecca
,
Esau
,
God
,
Isaac and Esau
,
Isaac's Blessing
,
Genesis
,
Parashat Toldot
,
Parashat Vayishlach
,
Infertility
,
Jacob
,
Bibliodrama
,
Isaac
,
The Grateful Dead
,
Lentils
,
Stew
,
Rebecca
,
The Beatles
,
Grateful Dead
,
Readers' Theatre
,
Jacob and the Birthright
,
Jacob and Esau
,
Discussion Questions
Editors
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