Top Stories published by IfNotNow Torah in July of 2017

Balak: May my fate be like theirs!

Jacob is with IfNotNow NYC.

The last time I read parashat Balak was in 2002, for my Bar Mitzvah. I don’t really remember what I said in the speech I gave to my Conservative congregation in Trenton, NJ, except for one big detail- I suggested…


Pinchas: Inheritance

Donald is with IfNotNow Philly.

In Parshat Pinchas, the plague that descended on the ungrateful generation and besmirched the good land has finally ended. The deaths from the fire and quake from Korach’s Rebellion, the swarm of snakes, and all that which had…