Jewish Texts

In recent weeks there has been a great deal said by presidential candidate, Donald Trump, that has caused deep upset ...

“The whole earth trembles and dances when the God of freedom appears.” (Psalm 114)Reading Stephen Mitchell‘s rendering of psalms always makes ...

With the deplorable situation in Santa Clara (the Stanford rape case), there has recently been a media focus on rape. ...

Proponents and opponents of Partnership Minyans have jointly fostered a single narrative. In that narrative, the only relevant technical halakhic ...

Heartbreaking news from the U.S. Violence against gays. The worst mass shooting. Hints of international terrorism.How should my fellow spiritual ...

Like a great many others have over these past few days, I have read the incredibly powerful letter written by ...

Women receiving aliyot (being called to the Torah) in Orthodox synagogues is a relatively new phenomenon. Its most prominent proponents are ...

At the far end of the town of Tiflus, in a small house built upon the foundations of Torah, piety, ...

Although it might be awkward to articulate the breadth and depth of human qualities we aspire to, it is not ...

Mazel Tov, Young Graduates!You’ve done it! Your hard work has paid off. We put hoop after hoop in front you, ...

In Pirkei Avot 2:10 we are taught that Rabbi Eliezer said, יהי כבוד חברך חביב עליך כשלך “Let your neighbor’s dignity be precious ...

Last night, as the Republican debate began, a Facebook friend wrote that she was having her own internal debate about ...