The third book of the Torah is commonly known in English as Leviticus. The name comes from Greek and simply means “pertaining to the Levites,” the priestly tribe responsible for ...

Vayikra’s message of purity, repentance, and unity teaches that even without sacrifices, we can draw closer to God and to one another.

Thanks to texting, no one likes to answer the phone anymore. It rings like a surprise from another decade. What are they thinki ...

Did Judas Iscariot–who betrayed Jesus—have God on his side? Bob Dylan asked 63 years ago. The US, Israel and Iran’s ...

Reflections on the unifying secret of the Jewish people, on the shrunken letter that teaches us humility, and on the heroism that is revealed precisely in the 'valley of the shadow of death.' ...

At the start of my Torah portion, the Israelites have just been saved by G-d through the splitting of the Red Sea. Only a ...

This simple and flavorful element of life plays a key role in this week’s Torah portion, which tells us to include salt in our sacrifices.

The Hebrew phrase ezer kenegdo (עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֹ) appears in the Torah, the Hebrew Bible, in Genesis 2:18 and 20, when the Bible speaks of the creation of Eve, the wife of Adam. The words are not ...

Dave Cowen’s Passover Seder is one his guests are unlikely to forget. This is not the traditional evening of long, formal ...

On the morning of the outbreak of “Operation Roaring Lion,” which also fell on the Torah portion Zachor (“Remember”), I once again found myself exchanging my Shabbat clothes for a military uniform. As ...

(JNS)- Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, of Dearborn Heights, drove a truck into the largest Reform temple in North America and opened fire on security guards, injuring one, in West Bloomfield, Mich., a ...

The play, conceived and directed by Australia’s Kadimah Yiddish Theatre, is a masterpiece. You will not see its like again ...