Torah
Your Investments: Lentil soup and inheritance
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. – Niccolo Machiavelli
Parashat Toldot: A call for impassioned Jewish renewal
Parashat Toldot: Directing our natural inclinations
Beyond the Headlines: The message of Ayala Shkuri - opinion
The biblical echo of ‘I will go’ - and the women moving Israel beyond October 7 - opinion
Jewish women today echo the values of Biblical foremothers, maintaining courage and faith in times of crisis.
Parashat Chayei Sarah: Politics, power, perils of ambition
Politics, the haftarah reminds us, is not inherently corrupt. It becomes corrupt when it forgets that leadership is service, not self-promotion.
Parashat Chayei Sara: ‘Ger v’toshav’ – unfinished belonging
Until our people are gathered and the land is restored, we remain wanderers yearning for wholeness.
Parashat Chayei Sarah: All are equally good
Sarah’s greatest achievement was her ability to live calmly and serenely
Some Jews are willing to risk their lives rather than receive a porcine transplant - study
Researchers saw that Jewish patients were willing to refuse life-saving treatments with porcine organs even when that would likely result in death.
Is there room for God in the age of AI? - opinion
Can – or perhaps should – any individual Jew who is looking to fulfill God’s word direct his or her halachic question to AI, and then be obligated to follow its ruling?
Faith and sacrifice: The story of Itay Chen's return - opinion
After nearly two years, the body of Itay Chen returns home, a story of faith and sacrifice.
The Jewish people need the unifying potential in God’s great gift of Shabbat - opinion
South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein's "Shabbat Project" aims to bring together millions of Jews from across the world to embrace the unifying potential embedded in the gift of Shabbat.
Parashat Vayera: Faith is stronger than reality
Can faith prevail over reason and reality? Scripture’s answer is clear. What seems impossible to man is never beyond the power of God.
Parashat Vayera: Abraham vs Social Darwinism
Abraham believed in the power of his connection to God and in its ability to bring about true transformation – far more powerfully than any punishment, no matter how justified.
Parashat Lech Lecha: The call of aliyah
From Yemenite Jews in Operation Magic Carpet to Soviet refuseniks, Ethiopian families, and Bnei Menashe from India, Isaiah’s vision has been realized in our own time.
