I first met Jonathan Brostoff in college, I immediately knew he was someone special. His passing leaves an unfillable void in ...

Amid tragedy, communities creatively honor Simchat Torah, blending celebration with remembrance to uphold tradition while ...

Sukkot reminds us that it is all too easy to take life's bounties for granted, to complain too much about our problems, and ...

Walk me like a palindrome forward to our common home, looking backwards at the past, thinking our love couldn’t last, though it’s lasted long enough for ...

I’ve been troubled by the apparent illogic of Yaakov’s argument. After all, if Yaakov's claim were valid in the legal sense, then by that re ...

After a moving Simchat Torah, all the political talk of unity we hear cannot come close to the true unifier for the Jewish ...

The Holiday. The rabbis considered it the ideal festival because of its joyous nature. In the liturgy, it is called ...

Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman invite you into their respective sukkot, as they celebrate the joyous festival with Torah ...

Simchat Torah marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the start of a new one. The highlight is the hakafot, during which participants march and dance around a Torah ...

Simchat Torah marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the start of a new one. The highlight is the hakafot, during which participants march and dance around a Torah ...