I do believe in my heart of hearts that all Torah portions are awesome, but if I had to pick a favorite, it would be the Torah portion we read this past Shabbat, Yitro (Exodus 18:1–20:23). There is so ...

Part XXVIII argues that transitions are social, economic, political, and moral processes. They require sequencing, honesty, shared institutions, and emotional courage. No single agreement will resolve ...

For the uninitiated, Rabbi Aharon Chaim Zimmerman is known as an eccentric rosh yeshiva and Jewish intellectual who flourished in the second half of the 20 th century. Rabbi Zimmerman was born in 1914 ...

This week marks the debut of “The Torah: A Women’s Commentary,” which brings together the scholarship and insights of women from all segments of the Jewish community and from around the world. For the ...

Rabbi Yonah Gross of Congregation Beth Hamedrosh in Wynnewood believes that helping people understand Jewish law, not just as a list of do’s and don’ts but as a part of a Masora tradition, is an ...

As teenagers living in America, we are often encouraged to take advantage of our natural capacity to question. Throughout a regular school day, I’ve heard that the average student asks 25 questions, ...

And [as for] the one who does not know to ask, you open for him. As the Torah says, “You must tell your child on that day, saying, ‘For the sake of this, HaShem acted for me when I left Egypt.’” At ...

On a recent weekday morning, Rabbi Greg Wall blew a 3-foot-long shofar off the coast of Norwalk, Connecticut. It was part of a Talmud class he teaches regularly aboard a 23-foot sailboat named Enough.

Can Jew and Christian now transcend their ugly recent past? Can new respect for religious freedom launch them toward mutual understanding without surrendering a vigorous Judaeo-Christian dialogue? The ...

Jewish tradition teaches that the Torah has shiv’im panim – seventy faces. It is not a book of simple answers or one-dimensional truths. That is its beauty: always fresh, always authentic, inviting us ...

Emphasizing that “many organizations have changed their views under the impact of the creation of the Jewish state,” Dr. I. Schwarzbart, head of the organization department of the World Jewish ...