Class took 26 years to parse every word of the Torah
On Dec. 11, a weekly Torah study program initiated by Rabbi Elyse Goldstein in 1991 will conclude.
What happens when a bar/bat mitzvah student can’t ‘perform?’
The message ought to be: Use your strengths. If your strength is grappling with big ideas, share that with the community. If you feel a connection to Judaism through music, art, dance or drama, then share that the community.
The mighty have fallen: A tribute to community legend Philip Zucker
As my family marks the shloshim for my father-in-law Philip Zucker, we remember a loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather; an assiduous scholar and Torah reader who knew the Torah by heart, and taught bar-mitzvah to thousands.
Every week, Torah is a guide to current events
There always seems to be a lesson from the parshah that relates to current events. It takes great wisdom to apply those lessons properly.
The Digital Genizah
Hundreds of Jewish books, many of which had vanished for centuries are now being made available to new generations of admirers online
The books that shape our lives
At some point in our lives, many of us have been handed a book that changed us and made us who we are
Modern Orthodoxy at the crossroads
The movement’s unique vibrancy comes from balancing tradition and secular life. But therein may lie the seeds of a schism
True happiness is found in helping others
The Torah’s command to be happy includes the obligation to ensure that “the servant, stranger, the orphan and the widow” are also able to rejoice
Here’s your free Jewish library – so start learning
Although nothing compares to face-to-face study with a knowledgeable teacher, there are many resources that you can turn to when a teacher isn’t available
What is the message for us of the prayer for rain?
With the climate reacting to our own heedlessness, Shmini Atzeret may give us the chance to feel on the threshold of abundance or disaster
