'The Restoration of Israel': Recovering a forgotten Sephardi Zionist voice – review
There is a quiet but consequential and long overdue intellectual correction underway in contemporary Jewish thought: the rediscovery of Sephardi voices in the formulation...
Making it official: Inside the Nativ program training IDF soldiers to 'join the tribe'
Bella joined the IDF as a reaction to the antisemitism she was experiencing at a university in New England. Raised as a Jewish American,...
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Parashat Emor: The social revolution
Parashat Emor deals with the unique status of the kohanim who served in the Temple. The Torah sets a...
What South Park and Dante get wrong about the Hebrew Bible’s Hell – study
The fiery Hell familiar from Hollywood films, medieval paintings and television comedies has far less to do with the...
Love isn’t enough: Faith in humanity through the lens of the Torah
There are so many powerful verses in the Torah. Some speak of divine presence in this world, whether through...
Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: The promise of permanence
There are moments when the prophetic voice does not thunder so much as it steadies, reminding us not only...
Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: Love your neighbor as yourself
These days, the days of counting the Omer, serve as a preparation of an inner “receptive vessel” in anticipation...
Shabbat Rosh Hodesh: At the threshold of renewal
At the start of every new month, Judaism bids us to pause, not with fanfare but with quiet attentiveness....
