For more than 12 years, Torah Sparks has tried to capture precious truths in each Shabbat Torah reading through quotations that offer insights and questions for open discussion by congregants in a synagogue, a study group or at home. We are proud of this Conservative voice of Torah on the web

THE SHIRLEY AND JACOB FUCHSBERG JERUSALEM CENTER of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

Now that Torah Sparks has entered its bar mitzvah year, and spurred by the suggestion and generosity of Lawrence and Toby Deutsch, we offer you Megillah Sparks, insights into the scrolls that are read at Shabbat services on holidays. We asked Rabbi Joyce Newmark, author of the past three years of Torah Sparks, to take on this project. We hope you will be able to make good use of these sparks for learning and discussion.

For more than fifteen years, JTS has distributed a weekly commentary on parashat hashavua' to more than thirty thousand people.
Our outreach through Torah now includes a weekly Midrash analysis from Rabbis Andy Shugerman and Abigail Treu. We also continue our Taste of Torah feature—a translation and explanation of a Joseph B'khor Shor commentary by Rabbi Matthew Berkowitz.

Iyunei Shabbat, sent weekly by email to a list of subscribers, is a weekly Torah Portion commentary published by the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in conjunction with The Rabbinical Assembly of Israel, the Masorti Movement in Israel and Masorti Olami. Iyunei Shabbat appears in English, Hebrew and Spanish. A French edition is planned for the future.

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