This week the IRS announced it would no longer apply the Johnson Amendment to houses of worship. This means that synagogues ...

Shortly after the light, we are introduced to the waters of Eden. A singular river flows from the garden and splits into four ...

The Torah singled out igniting fire as the paradigm for Shabbos observance, because our attitude toward one another on Shabbos is what will ensure its observance in future generations.

Balak precedes the Fast of the Fourth Month (that’s what the navi calls Shiv’a Asar b’Tammuz) almost 80% of the time. That includes, in Chutz LaAretz, the years when Shavuot is Friday-Shabbat an ...

Bilaam is one of the most enigmatic villains in the Torah. He wasn’t a warmonger. He didn’t raise a sword against the ...

Moses is the most famous, influential, and revered figure in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, surpassing King David by the ...

The story of Balaam and his talking donkey is a major problem for serious theologians and scholars of the Bible. If you are ...

We are sending our love to the victims of the Guadalupe River flooding, which includes ranch workers, summer camp staff, and ...

The Yiddish writer's lost masterpiece, Sons and Daughters, brought back to life, in all its humor and beauty, the Jewish ...

The IRS is arguing clergy should be allowed to issue political endorsements from the pulpit. Doing so would be a disaster for ...

Our unfortunate history is that we too often buckle under pressure and suffer enormous, terrible consequences. We need to ...

A: The Maharal explains in Netiv HaTzniut that modesty is the result of humility. A humble woman, who does not want people to ...