Torah

Moral, legal issues with Israel’s terrorist death penalty - opinion

Ben-Gvir’s law treats non-Jewish lives as unequal, risking Israel’s moral and global standing.

Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Gvir walks inside the Knesset, on the day US President Donald Trump delivers remarks, in Jerusalem, October 13, 2025.
Ultra-Othodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of toddlers who died in a daycare, on Tuesday. These protests were not about honoring the dead, but about avoiding accontability, the writer argues.

Collapse of responsibility in the name of faith - opinion

 THE NEATLY tucked-away Antopol Martyrs Synagogue.

Grapevine: Jewish-Irish eyes are smiling

Exodus from Egypt (Edward Poynter)

Parashat Bo: Jeremiah’s timeless promise to Israel


Seeing our brothers’ plight: The light Hanukkah demands we bring into the world - opinion

Hanukkah and Vayeshev together reveal that the festival’s light shines only when we open our eyes to our brothers’ struggles and choose loyalty and compassion.

Candles are lit on the eighth night, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, last Hanukkah. The main idea of the holiday is the spiritual illumination of the public sphere, says the writer.

Art and Torah: A molten menorah and the power of light from darkness

From Joseph’s darkest moments to Hanukkah’s rising flames, exploring how light is born from depth.

‘Molten Menorah,’ by Yoram Raanan, 100x80 cm., acrylic on canvas, 2025.

Parashat Vayeshev: Leadership does not equal influence

Joseph and Judah show that true leadership is built on integrity, responsibility, and lifting others.

People move people; ideas alone rarely do.

Parashat Vayeshev: Bringing hearts closer

The parsha does not show a clash of good vs evil, but a deep disagreement about leadership and the path by which the people of Israel should take.

Most conflicts do not stem from malice but from a lack of genuine understanding.

AMLAT: Guiding young Spanish-speaking women in Israel

The program offers young women from Latin America the opportunity to study Torah in a full-time, structured framework. Of the 450 girls who have participated so far, about 30% have made aliyah.

Alumni of Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Amlat program visit the Kotel.

The Jewish joy of growing older - opinion

'Youth is the most precious thing in life; it’s a shame that it has to be wasted on the young.' – George Bernard Shaw

RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON of Lubavitch at a Lag Ba’omer parade in Brooklyn, 1987.

Parashat Vayishlack: Nuance in an age of absolutism

Experiences that could refine us and mature us are processed too quickly to leave a lasting imprint. Instead of being transformed by life, we merely skim it.

HOW MUCH subtlety can survive in 100 cramped words?

Parashat Vayishlack: I lack nothing

A significant expression of their differing worldviews appears in their attitudes toward wealth – a perspective that influences all aspects of life.

 Money and a calculator

Ofir Sofer is the first religious Zionist leader to say the king is naked - comment

Sofer, the first religious Zionist leader to publicly draw a red line on the draft bill, is making a choice to protect the "future of the IDF" over his own ministerial career.

Minister of Immigration and Absorption Ofir Sofer holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin reflects how Rabbi Sacks's teachings helped her manage Hersh's captivity

Marking the anniversary of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks's death, Rachel and Jon Goldberg-Polin shared they had found strength in the teachings of Rabbi Sacks after their son, Hersh, was murdered in Gaza.

 Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin, parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, speak on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.