So last week we read the magnificent story of Matan Torah (the giving of the Ten Commandments) at Mount Sinai. We were dazzled by the miraculous appearance of the Shechinah, with fire, lightning, ...

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Imagine a Yeshiva where you can walk in the door knowing how to read Hebrew but, perhaps, little else - and two years later you’re ready for the smicha program at Yeshiva University or to study in the ...

“Man must make the Torah manifest” in every action, speech and creative act. That is clearly the credo of Nathan Hilu, master-artist of the Lower East Side, Torah, Tanach, midrash, Gemara and beyond.

A year ago our rabbi gave me the privilege of delivering the Shabbat morning sermon to our congregation. After I realized that he wasn’t kidding, I went to tell my wife the news. Overhearing the ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Designing a new emoji is not simple. Sefaria, the online free Jewish library, has found this out in recent months. The organization wanted to reach more and younger people, to get ...

Pidyon HaBen returns us to the more mundane world of Jewish ritual celebrations. From the collaged illustration that forms the background in what appears to be the study hall of the Home of the Sages ...