Dear all, As part of my sabbatical, I am taking a train across the United States. It has been a fascinating journey, meeting people from all backgrounds ...

Study of the Talmud teaches us that the goal of studying any text should not be to find answers to a problem but to the generation of questions about ...

The philosopher Maimonides explains that if someone asks you for forgiveness, you should be open to their heartfelt apology. But this isn’t always realistic.

Berenbaum, a renowned Holocaust scholar, also appears as an interviewee in the film. Few, in fact, were better positioned to help shape the documentary than Berenbaum, who worked closely with Wiesel ...

I’ve published Elly Katz. But I’ve never met Elly Katz, so I never got to see her disability. Elly had Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a rare connective tissue disorder that lacks a cure. What I knew ...

With the backdrop of “The Odyssey” upon us, this year’s reading of Shoftim is dedicated to the High Priest Hilkiah who, we are told, presented the “lost book” of Deuteronomy to King Josiah in the 7th ...

Be fair, judges... Shoftim — judges (Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9) Be fair, judges – whether appointed or elected. Hold the line. Pursue, don’t pervert justice whether it’s traffic citations or human rights ...

When I ask Jewish grandparents to describe their hopes for their grandchildren, they often say, “I just want them to be Jewish.” When I ask parents about their hopes for those same children, they say ...

For decades, the world’s biggest musical acts brought their concert tours through Israel: Michael Jackson, Madonna, U2, Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam, Alanis Morissette, Rihanna and Rage Against the ...

Boaz gathered 14 members of the cast and crew from the Netflix show "Jewish Matchmaking," and it was so much fun!

How wonderful it would be if instead of shandas and stoopers, we had courageous leaders who refused to be part of any “big tent” that included antisemites, racists, and those who would slander and ...

We can tolerate a wild mob that goes after anything associated with Israel, but academics whose lives revolve around the search for knowledge?