NEW YORK (JTA) — One of these days, maybe ahead of Simchat Torah, you are going to attend a Jewish studies class. Or not. But let’s say you do. You’ll sit in a classroom, or a lounge, or in the front ...
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – The Religious Support Office (RSO) educates a worldwide audience with its eight-week class, ‘Secrets of the Bible,’ which explores Judaic lessons from the Torah via Microsoft ...
'Divrei HaLev': A renowned Talmudist rabbi's weekly Torah portion lessons - review Rabbi Halivni’s magnum opus is 'Mekorot Umesorot' ('Sources and Traditions'), a monumental 10-volume, source-critical ...
I never planned on becoming a Torah study regular, and the last thing I expected was that attending Torah study would lead me to adopt an “unaccompanied minor” from Guatemala. Yet that’s what happened ...
As we have seen, we should use our belief in, relationship with, and feelings toward Hashem as cornerstones of our religious identity. Accomplishing this can be challenging because Hashem is not ...
Never did I imagine, as a preppy high school student at a Protestant boarding school, that my spiritual journey would lead me to serious Torah study. At my bat mitzvah, despite several years of Hebrew ...
In Orthodox synagogues on Shabbat and holiday mornings, men are called up to the Torah, while the women sit in a separate area divided by a “mechitzah.” This can be a challenge for some women, who ...
In Israel today, the Haredi question is no longer a marginal sociological issue. It sits at the center of our politics, our economy, and our social fabric: mass draft exemptions, low male workforce ...