Religion
Two peoples, poles apart, live in the same tiny country: Here, a community thriving in Torah; there, the vast majority…
The apparent failure to make honesty, in all its forms and at all its levels, a major dimension of our…
It seems that eons have passed since I arrived one bright September day to begin my freshman year at Cornell.…
"And Yitzchak trembled very greatly." Rashi, quoting Chazal, explains that he shuddered because he saw Gehinom open beneath him. I,…
My children are at that age where their costumes for the Purim parade are far less important than the size…
According to recent surveys, the overwhelming majority of yeshivah high school students in Israel dislike learning Gemara.1Alas, this finding was…
There are two distinct mitzvot regarding the Egyptian Exodus. The first is zecher yetziyat Mitzrayim [remembrance of leaving Egypt]. This…
No area of Torah study is more familiar to us than Parshat HaShavuah, the weekly review of the Torah reading.…
Across the street, near the Kiryat Arba bus stop, two people sit companionably on a stone park bench. The bearded…
For observant Jews, a museum about Judaism is almost a contradiction in terms. Judaism is a living tradition, as is…
This is the essence of Chanukah; the yom tov of man yearning for God, of candles ignited by the spark…
