Only Jews can be so naïve to think that a Gentile who smiles at them is their friend. I really got livid at an Orthodox rabbi suggesting that, for Jewish Law, Trump cannot be the messiah, but he could ...

Joy Ladin, a poet, creative non-fiction writer and nationally recognized thought leader on gender and Jewish identity, will ...

When Moses comes down from Mount Sinai, he’s holding the rules by which they were to live and sees this golden calf party.

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.

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

This week’s Torah portion, Ki Tisa, provides us a powerful reflection on human nature, faith, and the psychological ...

By accepting the Torah, the Jews themselves became a Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation (Shemos 19:6). However, Chazal tell us (Shabbat 88a) that their acceptance of the Torah was under duress.

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

Parshat Terumah: Exodus 25:1-27:19; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 30:11-16; II King 12: 1-17. Exactly as I show you … so shall you make it.” Found at the beginning of this week’s parshah, this ...

CALIFORNIA TEMPLE’S CONGREGATION ARE. MOVING. HAZRAT AT THE TORAH IS LITERALLY A HISTORY. IT’S A REFLECTION OF OUR EARLIEST RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND AND THE HUMAN ATTEMPT THAT WE HAVE TO ...

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 ...

We struggle with the idea of “doing” when we do not “understand.” For much of my early life, one of the commandments laid out in this Torah portion left me (and just a few others) absolutely flummoxed ...