As Jews prepare to celebrate the Exodus from Egypt, they are reminded of their long history of wandering and sojourning. Jews have always been travelers.
The Torah doesn’t refrain from honoring, celebrating and granting women authority. Sarah, concerned about Ishmael’s threats to Isaac’s spiritual and physical well-being, tells Abraham to
Tiberias is a rather miraculous city on the Sea of Galilee. It is the resting place of the Master of Miracles, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes,
Have you seen the pink billboards and trucks on the streets? They’ve been multiplying along highways and city streets throughout the United States. These brilliant
Miriam is not her true name. The story of how a potato at Chanukah helped her survive the Holocaust is unbelievable and all too true.
Every day brings news, terrifyingly bad news, of increasing antisemitism everywhere. Many of the headlines since early October are about a Black celebrity who continues
One of the most recognized faces in the world is that of Anne Frank. Her father, Otto, was a well-to-do businessman who loved photography and
It’s said that Shabbat is a taste of paradise. It’s not that unusual to hear Hebrew spoken or chanted at Tanglewood in the Berkshires. Some
Part II One of the people working to spread and preserve Sephardic history and culture is Susana Behar. Born in Havana to Cuban-Turkish Sephardic parents,
Part I Since Abraham’s journey to Egypt, his descendants have been a nation of travelers — sometimes by choice — too often by necessity. Travel
A Brooklyn-born Jew whose parents were also born in America told me he used to think that the older people got, the less English they
What would compel hundreds of rabbis to leave their homes and congregations and travel to the nation’s capital just before Yom Kippur? Nothing less than
