We’ve endured for so long because we’ve always found good reasons to continue our story; we’ve always had good things to look ...

As we begin the Torah with Bereishit, we are reminded by the Netziv that our forefathers' uprightness contrasts with the ...

Even atheists can enjoy these secular Yiddish poems and their English translations, related to the Torah reading.

Rick Lupert, a poet, songleader and graphic designer, is the author of 29 books including “God Wrestler: A Poem for Every ...

"31 Candles" is a low-budget coming-of-age romantic comedy driven by sincere, relatable characters and a refreshingly ...

Renewal is integral to our human experience. We are dynamic creatures, just like the world around us,” writes.

Based on the pattern expressed earlier of connecting the ending and beginning of the Torah, we notice that the last letter of ...

I had said the trigger word – sirens. “No more air raid sirens.” Air raid sirens. Her super-fear. Mention of sirens triggered ...

The Torah tells us that the two brothers – Cain, the elder, a farmer, and Abel, a shepherd – each brought an offering to God from the fruits of their labor. Cain brought an inferior offering, as Rashi ...

The images of young men starved and tortured in propaganda videos released by their evil Hamas captors seared the conscience of our people.

Shemini Atzeret, both a biblically mandated festival and the Yartzeit of hundreds of Jews murdered two years ago, is now and ...

This week’s Torah portion is Vayeilech: Deuteronomy 31:1 – 30 In January 2024, on my second trip back to Israel after the Oct. 7 tragedy, I was stopped in my tracks by a short bit of street poetry, ...