If you were to try to create a ranking of the best Torah portions, it is likely that all Jews would have a slightly different list. (The...

Throughout the ages, science has attempted to prove the accuracy of the story described in Parashat B’Shalach, at the peril of failing to...

At the beginning of Parashat Bo, God is preparing to bring about the worst, most impactful plague upon Egypt. Knowing that the Israelites...

From the origins of creation to the creation of Am Yisrael, the book of Genesis has endeavored to explain the inception of the world as...

Joseph would have had every right to punish his brothers. After reuniting with the men who had tried to kill him, sold him into slavery,...

The following is a bulletin article written for the Valley Temple, in Wyoming, Ohio, where I serve as Rabbi Educator. Every educator is...

Thanks to Donnie Osmond, the world is quite familiar with the story of Joseph and his brothers. While we know the exquisite details of...

We have been reading the Torah for over two thousand years. The beauty of such a long relationship with a text is that we have poured...

Jacob was terrified. He had just finished deceiving his brother, his much larger, stronger, and fitter brother, stealing his birthright...

One of the most damaging notions when thinking about our Torah is to assume the perfection of the characters described. It is not an...

Humanity has expanded rapidly since the days of the Torah. In his anthropological treatise, Sapiens, Israeli writer Yuval Noah Harari...

When God created humanity, things didn’t go so well the first time. Or the second time. Or even the third time. From Adam and Eve eating...

God, as a character in the Torah, takes on many forms. In the Garden of Eden, God is described as “walking about the garden.” (Genesis...

Biblical Noah is best known for his zoological prowess. The story of his massive boat with two of every animal is one of the easiest...

“In the beginning…” The Torah begins at the beginning of the universe, with God starting to create the world. This first portion of the...

When I was a first year rabbinical student, I wrote the following in a journal: “My rabbinic mission is to make the simple complicated...

American Jews have long taken great pride in their history of advocacy in the fight against racial injustice. Abraham Joshua Herschel’s...

As human beings, we have grown accustomed to the cycle of time. We find ways to mark significance, to make meaning of the days that roll...

When quarantine began, it seemed as though everyone was re-establishing New Years Resolutions. People wanted to use their newfound “free...