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Candace Owens urges audience read antisemitic book, asserts Jews controlled slave trade
According to Owens, Jews like Shapiro supposedly believed that they were "contract lords and that people are not allowed to violate contracts or you will ruin them for years."
Israel’s 'supreme' democracy: Who really decides the nation’s values - opinion
Seeing our brothers’ plight: The light Hanukkah demands we bring into the world - opinion
Parashat Vayeshev: Bringing hearts closer
Women in Israel's Orthodox sector: Rabbi, scholar, spiritual leader
Part II in a series: All three women have benefited from opportunities for study and leadership that Jewish women in previous generations never experienced.
Steinsaltz's new book on Torah, Jewish law
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz finds a way to convey the essence of Torah in a new book.
Parashat Ekev: Gratitude and showing favor
In this week’s Torah portion, we continue reading Moses’s final speeches, addresses meant to prepare the Jewish nation for entering, conquering and living in Israel.
Rabbi Steinsaltz expands on Jewish philosophy, sages in new books
In two new books, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz moves from translating the Talmud to understanding and encapsulating the human condition.
A reflection of Jewish dissent in the month of Av
"The hope Tu Be'av instills in us helps to ensure that the future of our country moves past those who wish our destruction."
Parashat Devarim: The beginning of history
The Torah is insistent that no human is perfect, and it is in the rough and tumble of daily life that we show our spiritual striving.
Take it from a fat rabbi: Nobody needs your dieting advice
Anyone who has been even a little bit fat for more than five minutes in our fatphobic culture is already deeply familiar with the sense that they don’t fit in.
Mt. Meron: Lay the blame, or join in unity? - comment
One is to look for someone to blame, and the other is to rally together in unity. The first is necessary and – if done properly – could have an important corrective effect
The biblical tale of friendship of five rabbis
True friendship: The rabbinical quintet of Bnei Brak
Why are there 120 Knesset seats?
You may be surprised to learn that the number of Knesset members in Israel is based on a Talmudic source.
