Religion
Shlomo Hamelech teaches us that there is nothing new under the sun. This phrase comes to mind when contemplating the…
With the historic Siyum HaShas a few weeks behind us, Jewish Action surveys some of the resources and aids—both print…
A poem in honor of the Siyum HaShas.
“Why learn Gemara?” is a question most ba’alei teshuvah will ask themselves in the course of their Torah study. It…
"One who teaches his daughter [Oral] Torah -- it is as though he teaches her frivolity." 1 Rabbi Eliezer's stunning,…
Following the Destruction of the Beit Hamikdash, our Sages introduced a number of practices whose purpose is to remind us…
The Three Weeks between the fasts of Shivah Asar B’Tammuz and Tishah B’Av is a period of somber communal mourning.…
Journalist Steve Lipman observes a small but growing trend among aging Orthodox baby boomers: they are heading back to yeshivah.
Four years ago, feeling helpless over the Sderot bombings and the intensifying danger facing Jews worldwide, Tziporah Harris knew that…
Who would have imagined a display of Jewish unity emerging from that most solitary of sports—long distance running? Since its…
By Mark Levie Hearing my thirteen-year-old daughter Talia say that she had the best Shabbat ever was music to my…
