Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International Parashat Beshalach gives us a leadership moment that still stings. Israel is trapped: sea in front, Egyptians behind. Panic spreads. People lash out at Moses: “Was it for lack of graves in Egypt that you took us out to die?” In a single breath, slavery is rebranded as …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International Parashat Bo is often remembered for spectacle — locusts, darkness, the final terror of the tenth plague. But the deeper drama is quieter and more familiar: a leader who can’t bear the feeling of being wrong or taking accountability. The portion begins with God sending Moses …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International Parashat Va’era פָּרָשַׁת וָאֵרָא January 17, 2026 | Tevet 28, 5786 The world feels like it’s on fire. Iran, ICE, Epstein, Venezuela, Greenland are just a few easy one-word examples. But when the temperature rises, a certain kind of masculinity shows up right on cue: the performative strong-man. Loud …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International Parashat Shemot פָּרָשַׁת שְׁמוֹת January 10, 2026 | Tevet 21, 5786 A system doesn’t need your heart to rule you. It only needs your habits. That’s one of the terrors of Shemot: Egypt doesn’t merely enslave bodies; it trains souls. It teaches a society what to notice, what to ignore, and what to …
Parashat Vayechi פָּרָשַׁת וַיְחִי January 3, 2026 | Tevet 14, 5786 Click play to listen to Rabbi Raucher’s Rabbinic Minute on this week’s reading, the last in Bereshit (Genesis). FJMC Media · Vayechi – Rabbinic Minute – RNR
Parashat Vayiggash פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּגַּשׁ December 27, 2025 | Tevet 7, 5786 Beginning the publication of Rabbi Raucher’s Rabbinic Minute of the week, click play to listen. FJMC Media · Vayiggash 5786
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