There’s a story told about a couple married for over 50 years. When asked the secret to their long and happy marriage, the husband didn’t mention grand gestures or dramatic ...

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are co-chairing a virtual meeting today aimed at ...

Rabbi Amnon Bazak’s second volume on the biblical book of Samuel is superb, far better than the many classical commentators ...

When an invisible entity making up 85% of the universe’s mass stumps the greatest scientific minds of our time, awe is an understandable response. Physicists call it “ dark matter, ” a substance they ...

Members of a synagogue have made a plea after two scrolls were were stolen from their shul. The scrolls were taken by three men at around 5.30am on Friday (March 20). According to members, three men ...

Two new Torah scrolls were completed and dedicated at Tufts University on Sunday, Mar. 1. The completion of the scrolls was marked by the sacred writing of the last letter, followed by dancing, ...

This week’s Torah portion is Mishpatim: Exodus 21:1 – 24:18 The plot of the Torah is not mysterious. It is not convoluted. It’s just easy to lose in the fascinating details that we rabbis, going back ...

Right after the drama of Sinai – thunder, lightning, revelation, the Ten Commandments described in Parashat Yitro – the Torah does something unexpected. It gets… practical. Parashat Mishpatim does not ...

This week’s Torah portion is Vayera: Genesis 18:1 – 22:24 The first Shabbat after daylight standard time always comes as a shock to the system, despite the fact that it occurs every year. Preparing to ...

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, spoke at a Hassidic gathering in 1972 and shared a timeless lesson: not only does the Torah provide profound insight into the nature of the ...

The great secret of the Jewish people has always been the ability to join tear to tear, soul to soul, until together they form a whole garment once again. A story is told about the holy Ba’al Shem Tov ...