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Tammy Jacobowitz

Mar 5, 2021, 3:28 PM

Will we ever truly go back to shul? Do we want to?

The end is not yet in sight, but we know it's there, so we've begun discussing which changes are here to stay, and how to reintegrate those who prefer solitary prayer

Mar 27, 2020, 2:37 PM

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In need of wisdom

Contributions for building the Tabernacle.

All aspects of life are suddenly governed by the same concerns: a single-minded focus on preserving life, or as Leviticus would have it, the source of holiness (Vayikra)

Jan 17, 2020, 2:01 PM

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What’s in a story?

Illustration of Moses leading the Children of Israel out of Egypt in the Kaufmann Haggadah, 14th century. (Wikimedia Commons)

A constant awareness of the Israelites' experience in Egypt helps block the real possibility that we free people could become oppressors (Shemot)

Nov 21, 2019, 10:35 PM

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The fullness of Sarah

Abram’s Counsel to Sarai, by James Tissot, circa 1896–1902. (Wikipedia)

Losing Sarah stops Abraham in his tracks and gives him permission to acknowledge his own loss, his abiding love for his wife (Chayei Sarah)

Apr 5, 2019, 3:04 PM

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God, at birth

Illustrative. A portrait of intimacy: A newborn. (iStock)

It is the Midrash that recasts the Divine as the personal, providential caretaker of every human, even while one is still in formation (Tazria)

Dec 28, 2018, 12:18 PM

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The brave birthing of a nation

Illustrative. The midwives who helped birth he Israelites' babies in Egypt. (YouTube)

Those Israelite women undertook the redemptive act of bringing life into a darkening reality — and changed the world (Shemot)

About Me

Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz is the chair of the Tanakh department at the SAR High School in Riverdale, NY, and is the founding director of Makom Ba'Siach at SAR, an immersive adult education program for parents. She has taught Bible for the Wexner Heritage program, and she is also an adjunct faculty member of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, where she teaches the Pedagogy of Tanakh. Tammy received her BA in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the Drisha Institute's Scholars Circle, and completed her PhD in Midrash at the University of Pennsylania in 2010 as a Wexner Graduate fellow. Dr. Jacobowitz is currently at work on a parsha book, geared towards parents reading to young children. She lives in Teaneck, NJ, with her husband, Ronnie Perelis, and their four children.