On 14 October 1663, the famous diarist Samuel Pepys paid a visit to the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in Creechurch Lane, in the city of

It is one of the most important words in Judaism, and also one of the least understood. Its two most famous occurrences are in last

In a much-watched TED Talk, Simon Sinek asked the following question: How do great leaders inspire action? What made people like Martin Luther King and

On March 27, 2012, to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the Queen, an ancient ceremony took place at Buckingham Palace. A number of institutions presented

Etre ailleurs, “To be elsewhere – the great vice of this race, its great and secret virtue, the great vocation of this people.” So wrote

Hidden beneath the surface of parshat Pinchas, the Sages uncovered a story of great poignancy. Moses—having seen his sister and brother die—knew that his own

There is an old saying that what makes God laugh is seeing our plans for the future. However, if Tanach is our guide, what makes

It took me two years to recover from the death of my father, of blessed memory. To this day, almost 20 years later, I am

It was a classic struggle for power. The only thing that made it different from the usual dramas of royal courts, parliamentary meetings or corridors

One of the most powerful addresses I ever heard was given by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, zt”l, on this week’s parsha: the

There have been times when one passage in this week’s parsha was, for me, little less than lifesaving. No leadership position is easy. Leading Jews

At one hundred and seventy six verses, Naso is the longest of the parshiyot. Yet one of its most moving passages, and the one that