The prerequisite to understanding any story is answering the question: What is its genre? This might seem like an easy task, but it’s really not. Let’s say that someone gets offended by a joke. The ...

Of all the Festivals in our calendar, Shavuot can easily seem like the “unloved child”. Each of the other Festivals has its own special mitzvot: dwelling in the Sukkah and waving the Four Species on ...

Across centuries, the Jewish people have experienced collective trauma, from the ancient exiles to modern-day tragedies. Despite these painful occurrences, Jewish tradition is a real treasure trove of ...

Rabbi Sacks and the Torah’s Lesson for Global Diplomacy By Dr. Shmuel Legesse Photo Credit- Lior Mizrahi, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks In an era when mistrust between nations runs high, I ...

It seems that if you scratch the surface of the latest political debate in the United States about federal funding for many governmental programs, you will find a bedrock philosophical disagreement ...

Many of us find it hard to relate to the Torah portion of Vayikra. It focuses on a practice that is no longer in use today. We learn of various types of sacrifices and how they were to be fulfilled on ...

For almost half a century, Jewish students in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, have been learning the intricacies of chanting the Torah from a man who, when he was their age, was running for his life. When ...

The scroll, donated in memory of the victims of October 7 and Operation Swords of Iron, calls for unity, attentiveness, and mutual respect. For prominent entrepreneur and philanthropist Haim Taib, ...

That’s a question more and more Christians are asking as they explore the Hebrew roots of Christianity. Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel and his partner Rabbi Ari Abramowitz lead a weekly online Torah study group ...