The story of Balaam and his talking donkey is a major problem for serious theologians and scholars of the Bible. If you are ...

As we chant the Torah portion this week, it is our privilege and duty to thank G-d for the magnificent miracles we ...

It can allow the door-burners to triumph, permitting hatred to fester until it consumes the values that make Australia a beacon of multicultural success, or it can choose to be ...

Because, says the Rebbe, Shabbos, being a taste of the world to come, was beyond the purview of Bilam’s vision, even to try ...

Moses is the most famous, influential, and revered figure in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, surpassing King David by the ...

Fifth, we can only do Chukim if no principle intersects, telling us we should not, like other Commandments, our human consciousness, morality, not soiling G^d’s Good Name, etc. Judaism doesn’t do ...

Yet, Jewish Antisemites do enormous damage, legitimizing Jew-hatred importantly, and we must strongly oppose their lies and fables. This isn’t unique to the Jews. Some of the worst attacks on Queers ...

On this trip, we also stepped inside a recreated train car — the kind that once transported enslaved people across the U.S.

Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss is now stepping-up his speaking engagement and scholar-in-residence weekends. To book him for a speaking circuit or evening in your community, please call Rabbi Daniel Green ...

President and Dean Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz joyfully announced that his global center for learning and action had just ...

We are taught repeatedly that the Torah shuns negative words and idioms whenever possible. Why, then, is the parsha named for ...

By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz July 7, 2025 In Philosophy, Q&A Does the Torah Permit Rape During Wartime, Including Modern Times?