In the first part of Sefer Devarim, Moshe both rehashes desert highlights (and lowlights) as well as cautioning the people about the challenges of life

A friend of mine discovered a growth and underwent tests. The results put him into an exclusive club no one wants to join: cancer. He

Last summer, my wife and I went to Lake Placid, New York, and toured the Olympic bobsled track training center. We learned a very interesting

Our experience in Israel is multi-dimensional and oftentimes paradoxical. This land distills so many different values and experiences that rarely can a single phrase or

We read in Parshat Re’eh that one should not make any cuttings in one’s skin for the dead (14:1). Apparently, this was a mourning custom

It amazes me how palpable the Divine providence is in Eretz Yisrael. During my trip there recently I felt Hashem guiding me with each step.

The Book of Devarim provides Moshe with one last opportunity to issue moral guidance, as well as warn his flock of the unique challenges emergent

No human being who ever lived deserved entry into the Land of Israel more than Moshe. He had stoked the redemptive imagination of a band

Russell Moskowitz grew up with very little knowledge about being Jewish. He was living the American dream, working at a nice job for Fuji Bank

The Talmud (Baba Batra 121a) tells us that there were no greater festive days for Israel than the 15th of Av and the end of

The Gemara in Gittin 56b tells a story about R. Yochanan ben Zakkai, the leader of the Jewish people at the time of the destruction

As early as the late 19th century the question of adapting Tisha B’Av prayer to the dramatic changes in the modern Jewish world emerged. In