Before she had language to understand herself as a transgender person, Joy Ladin did not feel represented or at ease in the physical world she inhabited. While reading the Torah as a child, Ladin ...

Social justice is more than a footnote in the Torah. It's a central theme, Little Rock Rabbi Barry Block maintains. The Holiness Code in Leviticus requires more than sacrifices and Sabbath observance; ...

Simchat Torah, which marks the end of the annual cycle of weekly Torah readings and the beginning of the new cycle, is a joyous holiday that celebrates the Jewish love of Torah and study. Marking the ...

Dr. Tanya White and Rabbi Itamar Rosensweig in conversation at the Sept. 10 event in Bala Cynwyd. (Photo credit: Jonathan Gilbert via The Rabbi Sacks Legacy) On the evening of Sept. 10 at Gratz ...

Rabbi Elchanan Shoff, the leader of Beis Knesses Los Angeles in Pico-Robertson and a local educator, is known for thinking outside the box when it comes to Torah learning. Whether he is giving a ...

Whether on parchment or paper, the Torah continues to be the most intriguing and enchanting book (or scroll) ever composed, revered in the Bronze Age and Atomic Age alike. It surely is the only book ...

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — Three years ago, Jerusalem-based publisher Matthew Miller got a call from the head of Israel’s largest bookstore chain. Steimatsky chief executive Ayal Grinburg said he was watching ...

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Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It’s about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again. The Jewish holiday known as Simchat Torah, ...

Reading can cause many different emotions. For some people, beginning a new book produces excitement about where the narrative will take them. Then there’s the pleasure of the plot itself, watching ...