As I write these words today, the autumn Jewish holidays of Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot have concluded. Collectively, the final days of this season are known as “The Season of Our Joy.” In ...
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We gather on a day of profound joy, of soaring hope, of renewed faith, and above all, a day to give our deepest thanks to the ...
The opening word of the Torah, בְּרֵאשִׁית, “in the beginning”, already encoded all of what was to come, the potential of ...
Anyone trying to build a bridge between faiths is liable to invoke Abraham — known to Muslims as Ibrahim — as someone they ...
As Gazans return to ruins and Israelis mark Simchat Torah in uneasy calm, prayers rise for healing and trust to take root.
But a deeper reading sees the “voice from heaven” not as a supernatural being, but as the awakening of an inner moral voice ...
The facts are stark…and well known. Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner in New York City’s mayoral race, has vacillated in calling for the disarmament of Hamas — a U.S.-designated terrorist ...
With the end of the war and the recently signed agreement, the far Right’s dream of resettling Gaza has evaporated. But was ...
By this point in the interpretive history, Nimrod has become a full-fledged villain. He is the builder of the Tower of Babel, ...
The Talmud, along with generations of scholars since, have made the remarkable point that the Torah and the Bible are ...