you may wonder how to identify them. Treat everyone you meet as if they are one and you’ll be right every time. I’d like to send angels to where all the wars are to distract the perpetrators with ...

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Explore the intricate layers of Jewish history and its connections to the broader narrative of world events and identities.

There must have been huge cultural, religious and emotional differences between Ya'akov and Rachel when they first met. He, the ultimate ben Torah, having dedicated his life to the bet midrash, ...

Many Americans need a portion-size intervention. Somehow, over the past decade or so, we seem to have lost our ability to judge what a reasonable serving size is. It doesn't help that the servings at ...

The Hebrew language can express the idea of a pair in one word. Two hands are yadayim, for example, and two weeks are sh’vuayim. At the end of last week’s Torah portion, Jacob perceives the presence ...

Chad Langager is a co-founder of Second Summit Ventures. He started as an intern at Investopedia.com, eventually leaving for the startup scene. Short/current long-term debt is the amount due to be ...

The prophet Jeremiah brings G-d's comforting words to Mother Rachel, but how can she find comfort when the promise of redemption is far into the future?

Jerusalem Post / Judaism / Torah Portion Parashat Vayeshev: Bringing hearts closer The parsha does not show a clash of good vs evil, but a deep disagreement about leadership and the path by which the ...

Jerusalem Post / Judaism Two congregations, two opinions as Torahs hit the floor at separate NYC services Torah scrolls are treated with such reverence that on the rare occasions that they are dropped ...