Why didn't the Torah provide any rituals for Shavuot? And why was it so important for Jews to create their own customs?

Peace and Restoration Close your eyes for a moment and imagine sitting at a long wooden table at dusk on a working ...

Forty years mark a full biblical generation — a measure of time often associated with transformation, endurance and renewal.

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Dear all, Eli and I came across an oversized chess board last weekend. At six and a half, he’s already a formidable ...

Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s relationship with the Jewish community began long before his two terms as mayor of Los Angeles from 2005 to 2013. Villaraigosa traces that connection to ...

Out From Under” is filled with strong, dynamic women who all have something to teach Lev, but the author resists framing the ...

Since its founding in 1951, Israel Bonds has focused on one mission: to generate financial support for the building and ...

Diogenes Laertius loved telling fancy anecdotes concerning diets of great Greek philosophers. Green figs were Zeno's favorite ...

Shavuot guides us to deepen emunah, not just that Hashem runs the world, but that my portion is precise. When that settles in ...

What a profound lesson as Shavuot begins. God’s voice emerges when we put anger, gossip, vitriol, and slander away and ...

Bettan performed “Michelle,” a Hebrew, French and English pop song, and finished with 343 total points: 220 from the public ...