Other Resources

Dr. Benjamin D. Sommer’s paper on Psalm 29 from his Torah Lishmah presentation on December 5, 2013, A Little Higher than Angels: Heavenly Worship in Psalm 29 and the Kedusha.  The paper is from Festschrift for Adele Berlin (edited by Maxine Grossman; College Park, MD: University of Maryland Press – not yet published as of December 2013).

Listen to Rabbi Mark Borovitz (of Beit T’Shuvah, a Jewish Recovery Home in Los Angeles and author of the Holy Thief) at the Jewish Healing Networks’ Spirituality Day, Sunday, September 18th. This is Rabbi Borovitz’s keynote speech on integrating the themes of the High Holidays and the Twelve Steps

 A Prayer for the Slain and Injured in the Attack on the Gay Community Center in Tel Aviv, Rabbi Dov Linzer

Yeshiva University has thousands of shiurim available on line, most as digital recordings. See www.yutorah.org

Yeshiva University established a website in honor of its past president, Rabbi Dr Norman Lamm, and includes an archive of his sermons/drashot given during his rabbinic career.   They are a wonderful resource, and while some of his points may be dated, his use of sources is exemplary.  See  http://www.yu.edu/lammheritage/index.aspx?id=21258&ekmensel=51b41ad4_2044_0_21258_6

Rabbi Debra Orenstein has a new website (www.RabbiDebra.com) which offers teaching CDs and chomer ledrush. For its initial launch, the website is devoted to the theme: Preparing for the High Holidays. The CD’s now available at RabbiDebra.com are edited from live recordings of High Holiday services co-led by Debra and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the father of Jewish Renewal. They include sermons, text study, q & a on High Holiday themes, meditations, and prayer explanations.

Judaism Alive Initiative: This is a new initiative to reach out to Jewish teens led by the popular singer, song leader Rick Recht.  It includes an internet live Radio station, and interactive song leader website. Rick has given serious thought on how to engage teens through music and the internet, the places where many teens “live”.  Please click on the link for further info. As a bonus, you get a free download of one of Rick’s CDs.  http://rickrecht.com/jalive_private

Colleagues may find a new parasha blog by Rabbi Howard Joseph www.theprofoundword.com of Montreal of interest.  He translates and comments weekly on a teaching from Rav Naphtali Zevi Yehudah Berlin 1816-1893.