Dr. Tanya White and Rabbi Itamar Rosensweig in conversation at the Sept. 10 event in Bala Cynwyd. (Photo credit: Jonathan Gilbert via The Rabbi Sacks Legacy) On the evening of Sept. 10 at Gratz ...

(JTA) — 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.

Rabbi Bruce D. Forman discusses Pesach Sheini, a quiet holiday on the Jewish calendar that teaches that it’s not too late.

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — Three years ago, Jerusalem-based publisher Matthew Miller got a call from the head of Israel’s largest bookstore chain. Steimatsky chief executive Ayal Grinburg said he was watching ...

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 ...

But it wasn’t always this way. Before the age of print, Torah texts were scarce, fragile, and painstakingly copied by hand. Even the most foundational works, such as Rashi’s commentary, circulated in ...

Elsie R. Stern, the granddaughter of Rabbi Jacob Philip Rudin, Temple Beth-El of Great Neck’s spiritual leader from 1930 to 1971, will be the scholar-in-residence on Friday, Nov. 7, and Saturday, Nov.

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 ...

This week’s Torah portion, Va-yakhel, is the first of two Torah portions concerned with the building of the Mishkan. In next week’s portion, Pekudei, we find the actual dedication of the Mishkan. I ...

While reading Parshat Vayishlach this year, I was struck by the imbalance between speech and silence and what it suggests about power and action. On one hand, we see Jacob’s detailed plans and spoken ...

This week’s Torah portion, Nitzavim (“Stand up and be counted”), contains stark language. Choose – life or death, blessing or curse. In my words, choose the laws of the moral and spiritual order or ...

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 ...