How does one wake up from it? Two times in the Torah, the term “ark” is used, in Hebrew “tey-vah”, both times to save lives. Noah saves his family from the flood by finding safety in an ark.

After ensuring that the students were sent home safely, the next priority was the protection of the center’s two Torah scrolls, one of which had been brought over from Europe by a family after ...

Isska in a photo for Paster’s Washington Post article. Photo by Heidi Paster This sparked the creation of Torah Tropical, a documentary that follows a family of Colombian converts to Orthodox ...

On Friday nights, as the sacred calm of Shabbat descends, a timeless ritual unfolds in Jewish homes worldwide: Parents bestow blessings on their children. These moments, solemn and tender, weave a ...

This week’s Torah portion, “Vayehi,” concludes the Book of Genesis with the death of Jacob and the firm establishment of his children and grandchildren in the land of Egypt. As he lies on ...

Its destruction revealed a mural — covered by renovations and completely forgotten— that seems to illustrate Jews wandering the desert with their Torah. Photo by Patrick Wright It’s true ...

In this week’s Torah portion, Vayechi, Jacob’s final days are filled with moments of family closeness as he prepares to leave this world. At 147 years old, Jacob is determined to set his ...

Rabbi Mendy Piekarski and Rabbi Dovid Weiss join Katy Tur to share their experience evacuating from the California wildfires and to discuss how they are still going to have services to help their ...