This past winter break, a new and exciting college winter learning retreat—Study on the Slopes—debuted with great success, ...

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 ...

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 a world that often glorifies power and money, it’s the kind gestures that heal the deepest wounds. These moments remind us ...

But over Shabbat, I kept pondering the moment, and I realized that rabbi-ing has transformed my mother-ing in ways I wouldn’t ...

Why do we need to tell our kids that they can’t do important things for their own sake, but only to get some kind of reward? The notion of manicures for middle school girls in a Jewish school disturbs ...

Unfortunately, the Jewish world in recent years has been shocked by news of rabbis and religious leaders engaging in financial or sexual impropriety. May one study the sefarim, or listen to the ...

Jewish mystical texts say God “looked into the Torah and created the world” and studying the Torah is a way of studying God’s mind. So why is it that Jewish study centers are filled almost exclusively ...

A 28-year-old struggling writer walked up to a checkout counter at Whole Foods in Tarzana. “What aisle is the Torah study on?” he asked. “Oh, you mean the class with the rabbi? That’s in the back near ...

The major part of our Torah portion, Mishpatim, raises important questions about Judaism, religion in general, ethics, and law. First, the nature of Judaism. Many of our philosophers have divided ...