Wicked” is a midrash on “The Wizard of Oz.” What is a “midrash?” It is how the ancient sages uncovered meanings in biblical ...

The center of Jewish life is the Jewish home, not the synagogue prayers. Mindless prayer is no prayer, but neither is thought ...

My friend living on the West Bank in a tiny village is so happy about the Syrian liberation, he no longer can’t say the long ...

Alarmed, Jacob fears for the fate of his wives and young children.Rashi (1040-1105, the great Torah commentator who lived and worked in France) explains that Jacob prepared himself for the encounter ...

As the collections of Sir Moses Montefiore and David Solomon Sassoon go under the hammer today, what's the future for rare ...

The Hanukkah story centers on rekindling the eternal light in the Temple, a symbol of God’s presence. Similarly, the Ner ...

A young woman is gingerly applying lipstick for her upcoming date, unaware of the horrible fate awaiting her. This may sound ...

Comments on Torah Portion Va-Yishlach 2024 (adapted from previous versions) c Rabbi Mordecai Finley In our Torah portion, ...

Paraguayan President Santiago Pena inaugurated his country’s embassy in Jerusalem on Thursday, becoming the sixth country to open an embassy in the Israeli capital. “I am very happy that this is ...

For some reason, the most urgent issue after the Ripponlea synagogue firebombing was to declare a terrorist attack, even ...

Some experts believe that constant, endless scrolling of social media and other online content is doing exactly that – rotting our brains. Behavioral neuroscientist Dr. Kyra Bobinet, author of ...

We list the best free text-to-speech software, to make it simple and easy to listen to what you've typed, and to have documents automatically read aloud. This is not simply useful for personal ...