Explore the essence of Lech-Lecha in this Torah commentary as Abraham embarks on a profound spiritual journey.

Amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, and despite the printing house being struck by Russian missiles—an ...

Erev Shavuot, Salonika, 1533. Two young Sephardic rabbinic luminaries – Rav Yosef Karo and Rav Shlomo Alkabetz – got together for Tikkun Leil Shavuot, the all night Torah study custom first mentioned ...

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 ...

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 ...

Elsie R. Stern, the granddaughter of Rabbi Jacob Philip Rudin, will be Temple Beth-El's scholar-in-residence for a weekend in ...

As we search for joy, we can allow ourselves to revel in feelings of relief. For two years, Simchat Torah has carried the ...

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 ...

This, I think, is the message of Simchat Torah: to hold firmly in one’s imagination the joyful possibility of a year made ...

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 ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. (JTA) — When ...