(Courtesy of Artscroll) One of the most monumental ideas in the Torah world of the past century was proposed toward the end of the first
We translate the word tefillah as prayer, beseeching, pleading, begging. Some translate the word as “judging oneself.” But what does the word tefillah mean? What
The passion for Daf Yomi learning has been well documented and well celebrated in the world-wide Jewish community since its founding by Rav Meir Shapiro
Dear Rabbi Lawrence, I want to apply a topical anesthetic to my baby before his bris, but my uncle told me that halacha requires a
Part I What is the connection between a city in Spain, two Jewish martyrs, a moralist rabbi, and a socialist activist? This has been misattributed
As a museum educator, I am fascinated by the opportunities to explore Parshat Shmot through the lens of ancient artifacts. Over the many years that
Today, we speak of a largely forgotten ethnic cleansing largely unparalleled in the history of humanitarian abuses. Recall the coordinated international expulsion of some 850,000
Through groundbreaking collaboration, Amazon will print and ship based on an individual customer’s order. (Courtesy of RZA) The Religious Zionists of America (RZA) has undertaken
What accounts for this appeal with the Holocaust by non-Jews? Surely it is not the result of the number of Holocaust victims or that the
I traveled to Israel on May 14 during the Gaza War to defend the State of Israel against a vicious antisemitic Muslim Brotherhood attack against
This past week, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made headlines in the Jewish world with a sincere expression of his awareness of the “hardship” that’s
Dear Jenn, I noticed that after I eat bread or pasta I feel tired, bloated and out of sorts with myself. I am a bread,
