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 ...

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

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

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

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

It’s been seven weeks since Egypt and we’re ready for the next Big ...

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

It’s one thing to write about the animosity Jews have been facing on streets around the world-- it’s another to come face to ...

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

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

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