“LaYehudim haysa orah v’simcha, the Jews experienced light and joy.” We have entered the second month of Adar, a time when our feelings of joy

We are all rightly preoccupied with the profoundly unsettling events of the past months. War, loss and dislocation have traumatic effects that are currently being

There is a story that I regularly repeat at our family Pesach Seder. It is hard to repeat it without crying. I share it with

Should we wear our hearts on our sleeves? Two of the priestly garments of the kohein gadol were adorned with the name of God: it

In today’s horribly fractured political climate in both America and Israel, we need leadership that understands that there is nothing as divisive as winning. Every

Four months after Simchat Torah became a day of profound tragedy, we need to reaffirm the premise to which that day is dedicated. As a

Jews are the targets of a disproportionate amount of hate crimes, especially those who visibly identify as Jews and frequent specifically Jewish activities and spaces,

How prominent a place does our faith occupy in our lives and mindset? To what extent do we really see God as the defining factor

“In each and every generation one is obligated to view themselves as if they left Egypt.” The obligation to experience the Exodus anew defines how

Integrity is a basic value to which our Sages attached great value, even referring to it as m’yesodei hanefesh, a foundation of the soul (Shaarei

Any challenge is made so much more bearable when it is not borne alone. Pharaoh recognized this profound truth and used it manipulatively to intensify