Jewish tradition honors Joseph as Yosef HaTzaddik — Joseph the Righteous One — precisely because of his capacity to change: ...

EL CAJON, California — Parsha Vayigash is a Torah portion about revelation, of identity, of truth, and of the human capacity for emotional and spiritual growth. As the parsha opens, Yosef [Joseph] ...

In Judaism, words are holy and sacred. The world was created by Divine speech, teaches us the opening book of the Pentateuch; the Hebrew alphabet constitutes the spiritual DNA of the cosmos, according ...

The story of every nation is the story of its leaders — and how they leave, writes the author of the forthcoming “The Torah of Leadership.” We often invoke the Hebrew phrase “l’dor v’dor,” from ...

Hadar’s “The Devash Jr. Book of Shemot” sends a powerful message: Our children are full members of this tradition, and their ...

Reb Ezra Weinberg This week’s Torah portion is Pinchas: Numbers 25:10 - 30:1 Every summer, the primary holiday segment of the Jewish calendar focuses on the... Rabbi Erica Steelman This week’s Torah ...

Parshat Shemini: Leviticus 9:1-11:47; II Samuel 6:1-7:17. Parshat Shemini, the Torah portion following Passover, marks a pivotal moment: Moses and Aaron offer the first communal sacrifice on behalf of ...

Some might describe the Super Bowl LVII showdown between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs as "biblical." Well, a look at the portion of the Jewish Torah that, coincidentally, is being ...

Social justice is more than a footnote in the Torah. It's a central theme, Little Rock Rabbi Barry Block maintains. The Holiness Code in Leviticus requires more than sacrifices and Sabbath observance; ...

The Red Sea split, paving an improbable path. Water became walls on either side, towering and still. As Pharaoh’s chariots thundered in pursuit of the fleeing Israelites, nations on the sidelines ...

He also once punched his Hebrew school bully in the face after his mom told him he must learn to fight. (JTA) — Jeff Goldblum learned a lot from Hebrew school: how to fight back against bullies, and ...