Since 1989, through special government permissions, about 4,000 Bnei Menashe have been able to make aliyah, but just as many ...

It’s called ‘Va-Yechi’: And Jacob lived ….’. For, although it is about death, it’s also about life. Jacob lived until the age ...

The verb va-yach (“he struck”) is also significant. It shares its root with makot, the plagues. Moses strikes first; God ...

Parasha Shemot teaches that antisemitism is a recurring human failure, but Jewish resilience is a recurring miracle. The ...

One of the quieter lessons the holiday season teaches is how to manage disappointment. But perhaps hope means daring to ...

New York State Attorney General Letitia James administered the oath as Mamdani stood beside his wife, Rama Duwaji, on a ...

The New Year brings into one’s thought processes the need to rethink and evaluate the events and circumstances of the ...

In one classroom, students create a podcast featuring an “interview” with the prophet Elijah. In another, instructors teach Jewish prayers using AI-created songs with rhyming lyrics.

Living in a modern society does not reduce this obligation—it increases it. Precisely because so much around us changes, a ...

Contours of a World” at the Guggenheim Museum includes paintings as well as photography that suggests an alternate path.

A durable, dogged, in-person, on-paper, public commitment to a local church is a necessary part of the Christian life.

Archbishop Charles Scicluna's Christmas message reflects on the birth of Christ as the ultimate sign of God's closeness to humanity. In this reflection, he links the mystery of the Incarnation with ...