How do we remain optimistic when those around us despair? In this week’s Torah portion, only two of the 12 spies — Yehoshua and Kalev

In this week’s Torah portion, Behaalotecha, the parsha opens with a mission that is not only about lighting, but about enlightening too. Aharon HaKohen receives

Rebirth of Hope in The Jezreel Valley Ophir Basor, a dedicated farmer from Kibbutz Ein Harod, has begun the annual wheat harvest. This year, we

A mother in Israel can teach the truth to the entire Western world. Last week, I paid a shiva call to the Buskila family in

In the airport, on my way back from London, I was asked the usual question by the customs agent: “Has anyone handed you anything to

“Have you heard of Moshe Ben Porat?” I receive many such inquiries, but this one startled me. “We are writing a Torah scroll in memory

Strengthening Others in a Big Way Eden is the sister of IDF Sergeant Roi Dawy, who fell in battle in Gaza. She made sure that

Remember the Seventh Day Boaz Klein, a Chabad emissary in Bariloche, Argentina, wrote to me that while thousands of Israelis pass through their Chabad House

Senator Joe Lieberman, z”l And Shabbat Former Senator Joe Lieberman, one of the highest-ranking Jews in American politics, a pro-Israel senator and Al Gore’s running

Translated by Yehoshua Siskin Recently, the somber news emerged that Major Daniel Perez, previously reported as a hostage, was tragically no longer among the living.