In the course of blessing the Jewish people, Bilaam uttered words (Num. 23:8-9) that have come to seem to many to encapsulate Jewish history: How can I curse whom G-d has not cursed? How … more

The following is an extract from the introduction to the Koren Sacks Pesach Machzor. Pesach is the oldest and most transformative story of hope ever told. It tells of how an otherwise … more

Maxim Cohen was born in Morocco and made aliyah as child. He enlisted in the IDF, but left Israel with his parents after the Six-Day War to live in France. On Yom Kippur in … more

If you’re a Broadway theater fan, you’re probably familiar with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. It’s a nonprofit organization that, as its name reflects, helps to mitigate the … more

Anti-Israel diatribes spring from Iran’s leaders like fleas from a dog, but a recent Iranian Parliament statement stood apart, … more

The Kosher Bookworm by Alan Jay Gerber Issue of August 13, 2010/ 3 Elul 5770 Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook and Rav Yehudah Amital were destined to serve their people in two successive … more

There are political campaigns and there is Iowa. For the past six plus months the state of Iowa has been inundated with political operatives, political ads, and candidate robo-calls all leading up to tonight’s caucus vote. more

Cold; so cold it cuts through the rags that were once clothes, straight to the bone. There was a time this cold so occupied your very being, you could concentrate on nothing else. But that was long ago. Darkness; so dark it sometimes seems more than the mere absence of light; it seems almost tangible. You vaguely recall a time when you were obsessed with determining exactly where you were, pacing in the darkness to examine your environs. You figured out you were in some sort of a concrete cell, perhaps six feet square, but not much more than that. You used to wonder what color the walls were, never having been allowed to see them, but that curiosity has long ago been replaced with more basic needs. more

Two Palestinian terrorists barged into a synagogue in Jerusalem Tuesday morning yielding guns, knives and a meat cleaver, killing at least four worshipers … more

Aong with all the challenging events of this part summer including the terrible kidnapping and murder of Gilad, Eyal and Naftali, I heard an incredible story: A teacher in a resource room for … more