In his book Lessons in Leadership, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks – a briliant rabbinic leader – comments that “Abraham is without a ...
Glendalough became one of my favourite sites in Ireland: it was close to my first dwelling place – Matthew’s house; it ...
Amid tragedy, communities creatively honor Simchat Torah, blending celebration with remembrance to uphold tradition while ...
The goal of this column is to help you think about the spectrum of a topic in Torah and see the truth within every opinion of the sugya.
Like Elisha, we must combine faith in miracles with direct, personal action. Our wounded defenders need not only our prayers; ...
When it came time to swear in his new foreign minister, Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, turned to one of his favorite ...
This is the mission of Abraham, the mission of the Torah, and the path of God. Rabbi Kook, in his book For the Perplexed of the Generations, begins by asserting that the principle of humanity ...
Milei, who studies regularly with a rabbi but is not Jewish, name-checked the week’s Torah portion, Lech Lecha.
Abraham shows un that one must act to save himself, but also pray for G-d's salvation in case it does not work out.
So, earlier this year when his synagogue, North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, began offering classes on chanting Torah, the first five books of the Bible, he signed up. On Aug. 10, the 66-year-old ...