As I mentioned in my post on last week’s Parashat Shemot, the relationship of Zeir Anpin to Nukvah is sometimes compared to ...

Sometimes, it is a virtue to persist in behaviour that seems to be failing, if we genuinely believe it to be worthwhile.

God tells Moses: “Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites depart from his land.” Moses answers God: “If the ...

Continuing the streak of Ivey league controversies surrounding Israel, a Yale Hillel staff member removed Zionist students ...

Israel hopes that everyone can prosper like Israel, so they strive to share their achievements with the world. Hamas, in ...

The Qur’an states: “To Moses We did give NINE Clear Signs: ask the Children of Israel: when he (Moses) came to them, Pharaoh said to him: “O Moses! I consider you to have been worked upon by sorcery.” ...

Hajj pilgrimage is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, an essential act of worship that every capable Muslim is obligated to perform at least once in their lifetime. It is a journey of immense spiritual ...

What does it mean to be “even-handed” to the Holocaust? Is Facebook trying to be like Switzerland? Does neutrality to Nazism make one complicit with it? Disinterest does nothing for the victims of ...

Each week, Ari Sliffman, a Jewish legal mediator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will discuss the week’s Parshah “through the lens of a mediator.” Ari will focus on one or two sections of the Parshah ...

I recalled last summer spent in Israel with Young Judaea’s Gesher program. Selected as one of three recipients of the Hadassah Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship, I immersed myself in Israeli culture and ...

In presenting a political polemic disguised as objective science, the authors of this paper and of other similar contributions choose to ignore the following facts: Israel employs precision munitions, ...

Now, turning to the parashah: Parashat Va’era marks the beginning of the plagues, a deeply complex narrative in Jewish consciousness. During the Pesach seder, we ritually diminish the wine in our cups ...