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Ari M. BermanThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
Summertime Torah portions get short shrift. They aren’t exactly breezy beach reading and many concern Moses’ repetition of the Israelites journey...
A few weeks ago we read Parashat Bamidbar which, on the surface, is a relatively straightforward Torah portion highlighted by G-d’s command that...
You don’t see Russians being attacked on the streets just for being Russian, or Chinese people for being Chinese, or so on. Only Jews have the...
The Mishna (in Pirkei Avot, Ethics of the Fathers), teaches that when one turns 50, they have reached the age at which they can provide counsel gained...
It was inevitable. As things took an overheated turn in Minnesota, the familiar chorus of Rabbis rose in unison to invoke the Torah in support of...