Archive - American Scripture Project

April 2025

Session 17: Parashat Tazria

Twenty-Two Days on a Chain Gang, Bayard Rustin, 1947

Apr 27 •

Session 16: Parashat Sh'mini

Speech to the 1976 Democratic National Convention, Barbara Jordan, 1976

Apr 20 •

Session 15: End of Pesach

Revisiting Beshallach and "America the Beautiful"

Apr 14 •

Michael G. Holzman

Session 14: Parashat Tzav

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow," music: Harold Arlen, lyrics: Yip Harburg, 1939

Apr 6 •

March 2025

Session 13: Parashat Vayikra

The Pledge of Allegiance, 1954 version

Mar 30 •

Session 12: Parashat Pekudei

"Second Inaugural Address", Abraham Lincoln, 1865

Mar 23 •

Session 11: Parashat Vayakhel

Sojourner Truth, "Ain't I a Woman," 1851

Mar 16 •

Session 10: Parashat Ki Tisa

Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn, "The Highest and Purest Democracy," 1945

Mar 9 •

Session 9: Parashat Tetzaveh

Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild, "And None Shall Make Them Afraid," 1958

Mar 2 •

February 2025

DafAmerica and the Path Ahead

Can American Scripture help communities in the age of Trump 2.0?

Feb 26 •

Michael G. Holzman

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