How should Jews be thinking about the Syrian refugee crisis? Let us start with this: Today’s Jews are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of refugees.

The process of forgiveness involves both the one who was angered and the one who gave offense. What happens, then, when only one side is left to both…

As we experience a fresh rash of anti-Semitism, spattered across the globe, we naturally ask: Why does God permit it?

If you took a poll today asking American Jews to name their favorite religious leader, the answer might well be Pope Francis.

“In the merit of righteous women, our ancestors were redeemed from Egypt” (Talmud, Sotah 11b). Our Sages are pointing to the acts of Miriam, the

Rosh Hashana marked the beginning of 5775, a shemitta, or sabbatical, year in the Land of Israel. According to the Torah, “And six years you

American democracy originated in the Torah’s egalitarian nature and just aspirations.

As the famous author and scholar lay in his hospital bed recuperating from surgery, questions of God and His place in the bad as well as the good…