We can achieve great things when we work together, when we share, cooperate and collaborate. The scale and scope of the Mishkan project is so vast and intricate that it could only come about if ...

This week’s Torah portion describes the bountiful blessings promised to our people by God, if (ekev) we obey the laws of Torah. Together with these blessings, of ...

According to our Parsha, one’s religious behavior also plays a role in determining their Matzav (practical situation). This is made clear in the opening verses of our Sedra (Torah portion) in which ...

"I have not met many people like Rabbi Max." For his part, Davis called his time at B'nai Torah a "tremendous blessing." The congregation was created in September 2009, as a result of the merger of ...

When I was a graduate student at USC, I frequented a nearby supermarket with a deli inside to get lunch. Once when I was standing in line, a young man ahead of me, about my age, was dismayed to find ...

“And he [the Kohen] shall be sanctified” [Leviticus 21:8]. I have long been fascinated by the blessing recited by the kohanim (priests) as they call upon God to bless the Jewish people: “Blessed art ...

This is an adaptation of Looking Forward, a weekly email from our editor-in-chief sent on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. I was thrilled ...

“See, this day I set before you blessing and curse: blessing, if you obey the commandments of your God that I enjoin upon you this day; and curse, if you do not obey the commandments of your God.” ...

“Isn’t that the single most weird situation in your whole performance life?” Stern asked. (JTA) — Adam Sandler has a Netflix stand-up special in the works, and Howard Stern has seen it. We know this ...