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Prayer: Torah Commentary

Parashat HaShavuah Commentaries on Parashat HaShavuah, the Torah reading of the week: Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem Masorti Movement in Israel Assembly of Masorti Synagogues in Great Britain United Jewish Communities Rabbinic Cabinet (UJC) Downtown Chavurah.  Explore the Haftarah (Prophetic Portion) of the week and its many levels of meaning for our time, spiritually, socially, politically.  Meets at the Decalogue Society during the lunch hour, on dates to be announced.  Sandwiches and soda at a nominal fee. THE PULPIT SHELF Links to selected articles by Rabbi Gertel appear below:

On Rabbi Gertel's Honorary Degree from JTS Israel-Bashing at Rockefeller Chapel (December 2007) Searching and Seeking (September 2007) Summer Social Action, Anyone? (June 2007) Homosexuality and Conservative Judaism (January 2007) Jewish Belief and Practice in Nineteenth Century America From War to a New Year (August 2006) Looking at Creation (Erev Rosh HaShanah 2006) Honor Those Who Stand Up (Rosh Hashanah I 2006) Gomel Blessings (Rosh Hashanah II 2006) Templates for Life (Yom Kippur 2005) Stand Up When You Read This Column (May 2006) "Do the Write Thing" Invocation (May 2006) Kal = 130 (October 2005) Choices in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (September 2005) Keeping Up with the Steins (June 2006) The DaVinci Code (June 2006) Bar Mitzvah on The War at Home (May 2006) The Syriana Syndrome (April 2006) Munich–Improper Art? (February 2006) Law & Order Tries Chumash (January 2006) The O.C.'s Chrismakkuh Bar Mitzvahkuh (January 2006) Grey's Anatomy, Chanukah/Christmas (January 2006) The Squid and the Whale (December 2005) Bee Season (December 2005) Ushpizin (November 2005) Everything is Illuminated (October 2005)