For too long, con­ser­v­a­tive or lit­er­al­ist voic­es have used the Bible to exclude, shame, and silence, lead­ing many to dis­re­gard the text alto­geth­er. But the Bible is still speak­ing to us, if we know where to look. In The Torah Is an Open Book, Rab­bi Caryn Broit­man offers a pow­er­ful alter­na­tive: a return to ancient Jew­ish tra­di­tion of midrash—a cre­ative, ques­tion­ing, and often rad­i­cal form of inter­pre­ta­tion — to show that Scrip­ture isn’t meant to be read lit­er­al­ly or rigid­ly. It’s meant to be wres­tled with. This book invites read­ers of all back­grounds — reli­gious, sec­u­lar, spir­i­tu­al but not reli­gious — to engage with the Bible as a liv­ing con­ver­sa­tion. Draw­ing on cen­turies of Jew­ish com­men­tary and her own expe­ri­ence as a con­gre­ga­tion­al rab­bi, Broit­man shows how even the most dif­fi­cult or obscure pas­sages can become sources of insight, jus­tice, and con­nec­tion when read through the lens of midrash. The Torah isn’t a closed book hand­ed down from on high. It’s an open scroll, still unfold­ing, and you’re invit­ed to be part of the story.