The Book of Genesis, an English translation of the Torah filled with insights from centuries of Jewish thought, has captured the attention of both religious and secular audiences, prompting Open ...

Devorkes was born in Shaarei Chesed in 1918, where he studied first at the Etz Chayim Talmud Torah and later at the Hebron Yeshiva, as was accepted at the time. Already in his youth, he began to ...

And we reserve the penultimate aliyah of the entire Torah–Moses’s final blessings to the children ... other reality than Divinity” (my poetic translation). There is, perhaps, a temptation ...

We American Jews need to internalize what our forebears clung to: An extraordinary heritage that sets us apart by design ...

EVOLUTION In some religious fundamentalist circles, the word evolution is a term of abuse. To me, it is a word that, apart ...

That community is now collapsing in on itself in a moment of true rupture—and that, I believe, is not only necessary but a blessing. Usually, Jewish homes are full of extended family at this ...

That day is Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, a joyous day of dancing ... zichronam Baruch” – “May their memory be for a blessing”.

How does the lulav and etrog symbolize unity? We bundle them together and thank G-d for this mitzvah that shows us we are all ...

The synagogue invites children to participate in a special Torah blessing Friday at 11:15 a.m. under a handwoven canopy dedicated in memory of the children of the Holocaust. Simchat Torah ...