Each week I have the honor and privilege of teaching a class at Temple Shalom. After each class I am reminded of the passage from the Talmud, "I have learned much from my teachers and even more from ...

What are the four meanings of the word ‘Shalom’? Shalom, of course means peace, hello and goodbye. But what’s the fourth meaning? Shalom is also one of the names of God. So central and crucial is the ...

American rapper Kanye West was slammed online after he returned to Twitter with a tweet that read "shalom." On November 20, the 45-year-old star garnered instant attention when he tweeted the Hebrew ...

I’m standing here at the entrance to Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel, right on the border with Gaza. A place where so many terrorist atrocities took place on the 7th of October. And from here I’d ...