Yeshiva staff and students, as well as Ashdod's mayor, attend Torah scroll dedication honoring Major Chen Bouchris, who fell ...
The Torah reminds us of a slower tempo. That cadence can enhance our ability to act more long term and proactively, as we ...
The sick first, the living first, the babies first, the children first, the elderly first—is all geared toward maximizing survival. ‘Certain nationalities first’ borders on supremacy and is a crime ...
It is now well known that Jew-hatred is like an ever-morphing virus. So is Philosemitism. Philosemitism is liking Jews for stereotypes (They all play the violin so beautifully) or pretending to favor ...
People of all religions frequently describe some things as holy and devise sacred ceremonies that involve them without realizing they are false. They do so because others thought they were holy or ...
As a character daydreamed in "Mardi," one of Melville's sea-swept novels, "In heaven, at last, our good, old, white-haired father Adam will greet all alike ... Christian shall join hands between ...
The dreidel is best known as a beloved Hanukkah tradition. But it actually started as a European gambling toy, only acquiring religious significance in the new world.
He already has the first exhibit: An ancient scroll of the Orit, Ethiopian Jewry’s version ... Ayanawo Ferada Senebato points ...
Three Torah scrolls were stolen from the Ark of the Covenant in the Rishon Lezion Chabad House at around 2 am Wednesday, just hours before the first night of Hanukkah. The thieves also stole equipment ...
My earliest religious memory is of our synagogue’s Ner Tamid: the decorative electric lamp that hangs in every sanctuary, above the ark holding the Torah scrolls. This lamp, I learned from parents and ...
One of Drazin’s central arguments is that the Bible often raises more questions than it answers. Many biblical terms and ...