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The Science of the Deterrent
How do we persuade people to act in their own best interests? Can we? Ki Tavo 5786 D’var – Nance Morris Adler 29 August 2026 When teaching about Revelation at Sinai in my Theology course, I will…
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Using the lessons of Jewish history and Jewish texts to encourage Upstanders
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Making Upstanders – Formative Lessons to Lifelong Habits – video
This video is of me presenting my research findings at the MTEI Seminar in October 2025. This research is written up in my post https://nancesea.com/2025/12/16/but-how-do-you-know/…
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But How Do you Know?
As part of my course work in the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute (MTEI)/Hebrew Union College Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership, I was asked to research…
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Making Abraham an Upstander
Parashat Vayera D’var 5786 – 8 November 2025 (A video of my reading this d’var is linked at the bottom) Years ago I heard Rabbi…
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Don’t be Jonah
Darshan Jonah Yom Kippur 5784 Nance Morris Adler (I was honored to give the sermon on the Book of Jonah at my shul this Yom Kippur. This is my teaching. I dedicated it to my students who are always my…
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Working Towards Full Repentance – D’var Parshat Vayiggash 8738 – given 31 December 2022
When learning about the steps of Teshuvah – the repair and return to a good place that is meant to happen after we “break” a…
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Ich Judenwochen – A Lone Jew in the Kraichgau
“Oh wait! Are you Jewish?” This was said to me in a lecture that I sat in on at the Jewish Studies Institute in Heidelberg.…
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Q&A in Germany – What the questions asked say about how the US is viewed abroad
Many of my sessions in classrooms have been opportunities for students to ask me questions. Questions about the US, questions about Judaism, questions about my…
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