“People think the Lubavitcher Rebbe is a great believer in God. It is clear to me that the Rebbe’s greatness is that he believes in Jews!”

Nowadays, retirement is not an end but a new beginning, an opportunity for seniors to reinvent themselves

Anti-Semitism is one of the mechanisms that Hakadosh Baruch Hu employs to “turn on the light,” to make us realize that we must be unique, we must be distinct. We have a mission.

Why did the Lord do such a thing? Why the extraordinary anger?

The campus is, in some ways, a microcosm of what’s going on in the larger society.

What do the kohanim think about when they say the Priestly Blessing?

If teshuvah is an act of self-creation, what makes it so hard and difficult to sustain? So much of life is out of our control; shouldn’t our sense of self be more responsive to our direction and aspirations?

It was clear to me that to Wouk, nothing was more important than gaining clarity into God’s message to mankind—the Torah.

Can we promote professionalism in our schools? I believe we can.

The following dishes are not only family-friendly, they’re also brain-healthy—just what the doctor ordered! Perfect for the yamim tovim and are ideal to serve in the sukkah.

How can this generation be educated as to Israel’s history, the majesty of its rebirth, the inherent connection of the Jewish people to the land granted by God to the descendants of our forefathers, and the drama of exile and return?

Reviewed by Henry Abramson Rabbi David Bashevkin has written a great book. Building on his more sober Hebrew-language Berogez Racheim Tizkor (New York, 2015), Rabbi Bashevkin, NCSY director of education (and full disclosure: a member of the Jewish Action Editorial Committee) presents the reader with a series of powerful, dark-of-night meditations on sin and failure […]

Why, indeed, is so much rabbinic attention given to laws that our communities have for so long been unable to practice?

I cried for the fetus, who would never live, never see life with all its grandeur and opportunity and complexity, all its joys and all its hardships. I cried for the parents, for their great pain, which I knew about. I cried for all the suffering of so many people, for the losses that every life experiences.