Parsha

This week’s Torah portion, Toldot, is filled with stories of people lying to and tricking one another. Jacob tricks his ...

Commentary on Parshat Noah, Genesis 6:9-11:32In this week’s Torah portion, Noah, after the flood recedes, Noah leaves the ark, gets ...

As a youth, I often felt as if I had two worlds and two cultures that were always with me ...

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude ...

The baggage claim at the airport in Gondar, Ethiopia is still by far the most humorous way I have yet ...

“He (Moses) said: “If you will listen diligently to the voice of HaShem, your God, and you will do what ...

During my childhood, I never understood why I found myself needing to adapt differently depending on which parent I was ...

Before attaining my Master of Social Work, I had the honor of helping many sick people live out their final ...

Commonly defined as peace, hello and goodbye, Shalom cannot simply be translated and then understood by its English description. In ...

As a Jew, do I respond to the needs of the stranger as I am repeatedly commanded to do so? ...