Publications

Waiting for Rain: Reflections at the Turning of the Year, Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2008.
 
"Jeremiah Interpreted: A Rabbinic Analysis of the Prophet", in ed. G. Glas, Hearing Visions and Seeing Voices: Psychological Aspects of Biblical Concepts and Persons, Netherlands: Springer, 2007, pp. 65-85.
 
" Pulmoos Anti-Notzri Samuye B'perush Radak l'Niviim" (Heb.) "Pre-emptive Exegesis in the Biblical Commentaries of R. David Kimhi", Moshe Bar Asher, Noah Hacham and Yosef Ofer, eds. , in Teshura L'Amos (Jubilee Volume for R. Amos Hacham),  Michlelet Herzog: Alon Shvut, 2007, pp. 125-146.
 
"Rachi et ses sources: Apercus de son Commentaire sure le Livre de Samuel", in Rene-Samuel Sirat, ed., Heritages de Rachi, (Editions de Eclat: Paris, 2006), pp. 167-177.
 
"S. D. Luzzatto's Commentary on the Ten Plagues", (Heb.) in Naftali Rotenberg, ed., Contemplating the Torah Portion (Hogim BaParsha). Tel Aviv: Yedioth  Ahronoth Books, 2005, pp. 184-193.
 
"From Slavery to Redemption", (Heb.) in Naftali Rotenberg, ed., Beginning the Week (Pothim Shavua), Jerusalem: Van Leer, 2001. 145-156.
 
“Drought in the Bible: Reasons and Relief”, (Heb.), in Y. D. Shulman, ed., Sefer Isshei Hashem. New York, 2001. 193-197.
 
"L'tzlile nevuot haOde b'Sefer Yirmiyahu",  (Heb.) ("Ode to Jeremiah"), in L'vaitcha Naava Kodesh: Memorial Volume for Naava Applebaum, Israel, 2005, pp. 283-295.
 
" Zecher laMikdash – Zecher l'Churban" (Heb.) "Memorializing the Temple – Memorializing the Destruction", in, Chadesh Yamenu k'Kedem: Memorial Volume for Michal Raziel and Malkie Roth (Heb.) , Jerusalem, 2004, pp. 59-66.
 
"Moshe: Portrait of the Leader as a Young Man", in O. Elper and S. Handelman, eds., Torah of the Mothers. Jerusalem: Urim, 2000. 398-429.
 
"Sense and Sensibilities: Women and Talmud Torah", Jewish Action 59:2 (Fall, 1998), 18-25. Reprinted in, Traditions and Celebrations for the Bat Mitzvah, Ora Elper. Ed., Jerusalem:Urim, 2003, pp. 324-340. (translated into Hebrew, Russian, Polish, German)
 
"Inscribe This in a Book as a Remembrance", Traditions and Celebrations for the Bat Mitzvah, Ora Elper. Ed., Jerusalem: Urim, 2003, pp. 317-321.

 

"Battle Fatigue and Deliverance", Wellsprings: A Journal Exploring the Inner Dimension of Torah and the Jewish Soul, No. 50 Summer 2002, pp. 6-7.
 
“Arbaah Zerichin Chizzuk veElu Hen: Torah, Umaasim Tovim, Tefillah, Vederech Eretz” (Heb.), Rav Chesed: The Rabbi Haskel Lookstein Jubilee Volume, ed. Rafael Medoff, Ktav 2009, pp. 485-494. "Torah in the Messianic Age"; Gesher: Bridging the Spectrum of Orthodox Jewish Scholarship; pp 167-181.

Websites: 

Scripture Envisioned: the Bible through the Eyes of Rembrandt, (www.jewishhistory.com) Commissioned by George S. Blumenthal and the Center for Online Judaic Studies 2003.
This website brings the Bible to life through Rembrandt's prodigious artistic activity. His love of and intimate knowledge of the Bible are displayed through his portraits. Rembrandt's biblical scenes are not merely an exercise in historical painting, they contain his own and passion and intensity as well as a remarkable degree of his innovative biblical interpretation.     

Visions and Voices: Women Creating Jewish Life Through the Ages, (www.visionsvoices.org) Commissioned by George S. Blumenthal and the Center for Online Judaic Studies 2007.  
This website is a multi-media production for women, by women, and about women. It includes video clips, lectures, songs and prayers, along with classical texts and commentary, art, literature and liturgy. The material ranges from biblical to contemporary sources. By clicking on 'Let Her Voice be Heard', you can actually hear women singing prayers in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, etc. These women's voices blend and span the generations. They take us to countries throughout the world and accompany us through life's journeys. The first unit Women and Prayer includes, "Women of Destiny", "Miriam's Rhythms", "Women of Vision: Deborah and Hulda", and "Hannah's Prayer".   

Women and Wonder: A Hanukkah Family Website (http://cojs.org/women) Commissioned by George S.Blumenthal and the Center for Online Judaic Studies 2007.  
This website reveals the integral connection of women to Hanukkah, the festival of miracles. The site is filled with resources and ideas; sights and sounds; visions and voices. You will encounter heroic women, courageous families, ancient customs, current challenges, timeless oil…and manifold definitions of miracles.  

Royalty and Reality Jewish Queens and Princesses from Biblical Times Through Today:
Commissioned by George S. Blumenthal and the Center for Online Judaic Studies 2009. 
From time immemorial royal families have captured the hearts and minds of young and old. Everything they do and say seems to be of interest to the masses, arousing curiosity and speculation. Jewish history holds the Queens of Israel in high regard. The magical power of queens and princesses explains their appeal. These women were enablers; working to build bridges. Many a chapter of Jewish history points to the power of the queen and the mystery of majesty to turn the tide.    This website considers a magnificent array of royal women in Jewish history, such as Queen Helena of Adiabene, The Queen of Sheba, Ruth--the Mother of Royalty and Pharaoh's Daughter, and their ability to transform reality from what was into what ought to be.    Come meet these enchanted women and their intriguing “ladies in waiting”, who served as angels making dreams come true. 
 


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