Why would learning sacred Jewish texts be forbidden on this day of fasting and mourning?

It’s Shavuot! It’s Memorial Day weekend! It’s my first week in a new city! In fact, it’s all three of ...

-Turkey is readying efforts to get Israel-Syria talks underway. (Haaretz)-Looking at the substantial domestic opposition to a deal with Syria ...

Five books of story, law, and poetry divided into 54 weekly portions.

When I was 17, as part of my high school matriculation requirements, I wrote a paper  on the subject of ...

Two popular and enigmatic prophets

Two weeks ago, I joined thousands of families around Israel for a time-honored ritual: the Saturday night grand finale of ...

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 ...

Every March, the ISJL (a very sports-centric Southern and Jewish office) holds a tournament of champions: Mensch Madness.We get in ...

This morning The Torch,  a project of JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, shared the heartwarming story of a family adjusting to ...