For many years, Tisha b’Av was off the radar of the national Israeli narrative. Many Israelis viewed the ancient day of fast as an antiquated observance lacking contemporary relevance. Some argued ...

One of the main criticisms of this series of articles has been: “you repeat yourself” and “all you do is talk about metaphors”. The reason I repeat myself is that: 1) I cannot be sure the reader has ...

Just before the summer, students in my school’s senior class returned from a trip to Poland, a haunting journey into the Jewish ashes of Eastern Europe — the horrid death camps of Majdanek and Chelmno ...

In the beginning of this week’s Torah portion the discussion surrounds “the judges”, which most people take to be the forerunners of today’s rabbis. What is very interesting in these passages is that ...

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The Torah is the first part of the Jewish bible. It is the central and most important document of Judaism and has been used by Jews through the ages. Torah refers to the five books of Moses which are ...