We are coming off of the beautiful holiday of Purim. In the Megillah, we read how Haman offered King Ahasuerus 10,000 kikar ...

Approach the conversation with them, not at them. Show up with vulnerability. Be OK with saying, “I don’t know.” Acknowledge the difficulty of the text and use it as an opportunity to instill Jewish ...

The Ted Agnew of 1970 was neither anti-Zionist nor anti-Semitic. On the contrary, like most Nixon men, he shared an ...

This year, the festival is extended to three days in walled cities – adding the day before and the day after – giving rise to ...

The elements of Jewish character described in these Torah portions define us as a special ... The month of Nissan. When you list them that way, they do not sound like the essentials of Judaism.

Every morning, right at the start of our morning prayers, we say, “Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who ...

After the awe-inspiring revelation at Sinai in last week’s Torah portion, we might expect something equally transcendent to follow. Yet instead, we are met with a list of everyday laws – rules ...

The ninth weekly biblical reading in Exodus, Ki Tissa (30:11-34:35), tells us significant details about God, the Torah, and the Shabbat, revealing deep meaning and significance that should affect our ...