In Vayishlach, this week’s Torah portion, the third patriarch’s name gets changed during a famous encounter. Or does it?

When Ari Shell reads his Torah portion at his bar mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 17, he’ll be stepping into Jewish adulthood with ...

Wishful thinking is more wishful than thinking; science fiction is more fiction than science; and spiritual trust is more spiritual than trust. There is only so much despair most people can take. It’s ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each ...

You may say you don’t believe in democracy, but that’s not a democratic option. Doing so, you make yourself unworthy of democratic freedoms like voting, freedom of gathering, free speech, etc. Just ...

Jerusalem Post / Judaism / Torah Portion Parashat Toldot: A call for impassioned Jewish renewal If the parasha is a saga of inheritance, of blessings fought over and destinies forged, then the ...

After weeks of excitement, anticipation, and a few controversies, the moment the world has been waiting for has finally arrived. The 74th edition of Miss Universe is underway, and only one of the 130 ...

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'Divrei HaLev': A renowned Talmudist rabbi's weekly Torah portion lessons - review Rabbi Halivni’s magnum opus is 'Mekorot Umesorot' ('Sources and Traditions'), a monumental 10-volume, source-critical ...

I imagine Rebecca when she arrived in Canaan, at the end of Genesis 24. Abraham’s servant Eliezer had gone up to the homeland in Paddan Aram to arrange a bride for Abraham’s son, Isaac. He found ...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. The name of this week’s parashah, Chayei Sara, means “Life of Sarah ...

The Torah portion Chayei Sarah begins not with life, but with death. “Sarah’s lifetime—the span of Sarah’s life, came to one hundred and twenty-seven years… and Sarah died in Kiryat Arba” (Genesis ...