Jewish immigrants and their descendants have shaped industries, arts, sciences, technology, politics, labor movements, and ...

Ever since the hostages’ family members began speaking at rallies and demonstrations, the crowd has always chanted back: “You ...

The Torah does not predicate its blessing on whether we listen to G-D’s word. It doesn’t write et ha-berakha im (if) but ki. (when) The Torah takes it for granted that at some point in our history we ...

Citing Smotrich’s call to “bury the idea of a Palestinian state” and Ben-Gvir’s contention that his “rights in the Land of ...

Animals usually overcome fear through a combination of instinctive physical and behavioral responses, shifting from stillness ...

For many Jews in the English-speaking diaspora who hold pro-Israel and pro-Zionist views, Haaretz has gained the reputation ...

War amplifies the tribal voice. It tells us: harden your hearts, circle tighter, erase compassion. And yet Torah whispers the opposite, later in the same parasha: “You shall not harden your heart or ...

The Jewish people should never again have to live in fear on European soil. That was the meaning of “Never Again.” That is ...

Prophet Abraham is famous for the numerous ways God tested him, especially the two terrible tests of banishing Hagar and his first born son Ishmael (Qur’an 2:124 & Genesis 9:9-21 ); and calling on ...

Parshat Re’eh teaches that human choice has ramifications. Every action reverberates throughout history, with profound moral ...

A powerful conviction in a certain narrative can be so strong that it blinds people to reality. Even the most educated, ...

For Rav Kook, history itself is the long drama of Tohu and Tikkun. Every collapse of civilizations, every upheaval of nations ...