Israel, while in Egypt, were to live in the light of a promise given to Abraham. 400 years is a long time to wait for ...

A young woman is gingerly applying lipstick for her upcoming date, unaware of the horrible fate awaiting her. This may sound like the description of a new Netflix drama but it’s actually a scene in a ...

The story of every nation is the story of its leaders — and how they leave, writes the author of the forthcoming “The Torah of Leadership.” We often invoke the Hebrew phrase “l’dor v’dor,” from ...

Renée Nicole Good's fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis has brought us deep grief — how can we work toward healing?

Throughout her discussion of this week’s Torah portion, Va-eira (“I appeared”) in her The Particulars of Rapture, Avivah Zornberg draws fascinating parallels among three main protagonists – Moses, ...

This week’s Torah portion is Vayeilech: Deuteronomy 31:1 – 30 In January 2024, on my second trip back to Israel after the Oct. 7 tragedy, I was stopped in my tracks by a short bit of street poetry, ...

The haftarah for parashat “Vayigash,” taken from Ezekiel 37:15-28, is both an emotionally charged and politically consequential prophetic vision. It speaks not only to the drama unfolding in this week ...