Ibn Ezra (Shemos 2:3) uses a similar idea to explain why Hashem orchestrated Moshe’s upbringing in Pharaoh’s palace. In ...

Early Christian leaders recognized that the continued strength of Jewish tradition posed an existential challenge to their theological claims. If the Jews, the original recipients of divine revelation ...

Question: As I came into the synagogue, they were about to recite Keri’at Shema. I had as yet not put on my tefillin. What should one do in that situation?A ReaderVia E-mail ...

MISHPATIM: The prohibition against boiling a kid in its mother’s milk never made sense to this rabbi — until a party about 20 ...

The statement “an eye for an eye” is in this week’s Torah portion, Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1–24:18). At first glance, this ...

The schisms in Israeli society are an age-old dilemma. Whether it be political, societal or religious in nature, there is ...

The Falmouth Jewish Congregation will host a Tot Shabbat on Saturday, March 15, from 9 to 10 AM in the Blanche & Joel D. Seifer Community Center at 7 Hatchville ...

Jewish studies concentration was rejected by the Resource Allocation Subcommittee and the Curricular Policy Committee.

So slavery is to be abolished, but it is a fundamental principle of God’s relationship with us that he does not force us to change faster than is possible of our own freewill.

Rockland County legislator Beth Davidson served for several years on her synagogue’s board, an experience she said prompted ...

Loay Alshareef is a linguist and educator based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with a profound passion for modern and ...

By Nathaniel Swindell, Staff Writer The interdisciplinary studies department held a lecture and Q&A on antisemitism on Tuesday, Feb. 18 — exactly 500 days after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by ...