The exposé on anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the BBC’s flagship “Panorama” program, gave viewers an opportunity to see the … more

Many years ago, I explored a new yeshiva at a transition point in my life. I was barely 19 years old, and I was trying to decide whether I would pursue an exclusively Talmudic education or … more

Imagine the following scenario. You are 119 years old. The end of your life is in sight. You have been told by G-d that you will not enter the land to which you have been leading your people for … more

Like the Shoah, Tisha B’Av brings us face to face with the problem of evil: “If G-d is truly good, why does He allow evil to exist?” In his essay Sacred and Profane, Kodesh … more

A Pew poll released in 2016 poll suggested that most Israelis, Arabs and Jews alike, appeared to have lost hope in a two-state solution. “Nearly half (48 percent) of Israeli Jews … more

We finally made it! The week our Torah reading catches up with that of Israel! We have been misaligned with our brothers and sisters ever since they observed Shabbos and read Parshat Shemini on … more

It was a typical park bench conversation. I hadn’t seen my friend for quite some time, and we both were delighted to run into each other by chance that afternoon. We shook hands and … more

The Israelites were almost within sight of the Promised Land. They had successfully waged their first battles. They had just won a victory over the Midianites. There is a new tone to the … more

A crucial aspect of the Three Weeks that is often ignored is that of introspection —cheshbon hanefesh. In my estimation, this period is precisely the time for looking in the mirror of … more

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) spent much of the past week demonstrating for the American Jewish community why they should be concerned about the Squad’s control of the Democratic Party … more