We’ve endured for so long because we’ve always had reasons to continue our story, things to look forward to, moments to begin ...

When it came time to choose the text on which she would be sworn into the U.S. Senate, Elissa Slotkin turned to a relatively recent book that reflects her own identity as a Jewish woman. Slotkin, a ...

By this point in the interpretive history, Nimrod has become a full-fledged villain. He is the builder of the Tower of Babel, ...

The inclusion of the Shehechiyanu blessing by many of those weeping parents signified that their faith in the Almighty ...

In the months since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, antisemitic incidents and hate crimes have risen dramatically, at a moment when they were already at alarmingly high levels.FBI ...

Almost everyone reading this column will know the word sh’ma, usually translated as “hear.” This week’s parashah (Torah portion) begins with a synonym, ha’azinu, often translated as “give ear” (the ...

A new translation and commentary. After the Shoah—and after modern secularism’s fall from privilege—it is time for Jews to return to reading the Torah as God’s guiding word to them. It is time for ...

On Sept. 11, 2014, at the annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George told the audience: “Before I went to the Conclave of the College of Cardinals this past February ...

I am writing to contest Rabbi Chai Posner’s recent commentary characterizing Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) as a violent, extremist, anti-Jewish organization (“Why the Jewish community is concerned ...

To a young Jessica Sacks growing up in England, the country’s towering chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, was more than just a distant religious figure — he was an uncle. “He was very busy, so we didn’t get ...