God

The irony behind telling Jews to 'go back where they belong' - opinion

Efforts to rewrite Jewish history cannot erase the ancient bond between the Jewish people and the land of Israel.

New Haven Police Department screenshot of the alleged perpetrator.
Marble bust believed to depict the Roman goddess of love Venus found on a beach in Alicante, Spain, June 10, 2026.

Marble bust believed to depict Roman goddess of love found during excavations at Alicante beach

Disputation between Christian and Jewish scholars. Woodcut by Johann von Armssheim, 1483.

'Joseph Albo': A sweeping map of Jewish belief - review

Meira Sohlberg, wife of Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg, reacts to the attack by haredi protesters on their Alon Shvut home, June 3.

Parashat Korah: Misreading intentions


Parashat Korah: The story of the almond – and of diligence

When Korach questions Moses’ authority, a simple staff becomes a powerful symbol of divine choice and enduring leadership.

Almond trees bloom near the border with Lebanon.

What the ma'apilim teach us about faith and judgment

The story of the spies shows how belief in destiny can falter in fear or slip into reckless overconfidence.

Overconfidence, underconfidence –both negative.

Joshua's spies chose faith over fear - can Israel do the same?

Joshua’s spies returned with faith and confidence, teaching a timeless lesson about courage, purpose, and the Land of Israel.

 The Grapes of Canaan by James Tissot (circa 1900). Although the 12 spies brought back a cluster of grapes so large that it took two men to carry it, only two of the 12 brought back a good report of the land.

Israeli society must reclaim the Torah’s moral core - opinion

Violence, extremism, and division are distorting Torah values in parts of Israeli society and religious life.

An Israeli settler argues with a Palestinian farmer, during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, October 29, 2025.

Jewish perspectives on God and parenting after October 7 trauma - opinion

From authoritarian to distant God beliefs, Jewish trauma responses influence how parents raise children today.

 A MEMORIAL service held on October 7 at the site of the Supernova festival in Re’im.

'The Wisdom of Truth': Reaching the attic with a ladder to the Zohar - review

Introduction to the Zohar explores exile, desire, and repair, presenting the Baal HaSulam’s ladder as a path to inner spiritual transformation.

Title page of first edition of the Zohar, Mantua, 1558. (Photos: Wikimedia Commons)

Shavuot and Mount Sinai: Why modern Jews still wrestle with the Torah

The debate over Torah from Sinai may depend less on proof than on the condition of the soul.

Scribe Nadav Elhadad writes a Torah scroll at Safed’s Mount Sinai Institute, in Feb.

Shavuot 2026: The festival's Jewish mission to elevate the world

Judaism calls on people not to flee the physical world, but to elevate it through Torah and mitzvot.

Judaism seeks to bridge the divide between spiritual and physical.

Eduard Shyfrin introduces a first-ever systematic theory of Kabbalah for the modern era

In ‘The Relativity of Death,’ Shyfrin transforms centuries of mystical thought into a structured framework – connecting information, consciousness, and reality’s deeper architecture.

EDUARD SHYFRIN, author, scientist, and musician.

When faith is desecrated in Jerusalem, silence is complicity - opinion

Christians in Israel must be respected, clergy, pilgrims, churches, and monasteries, and every Christian holy site must be treated with the dignity that the Torah demands.

This X/Twitter screenshot shows an alleged incident where an IDF soldier is seen smashing a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon on April 19, 2026.