Bret Stephens’s recent New York Times column, “No, Israel Is Not Committing a Genocide in Gaza,” attempts to dispel this inflammatory charge against the Jewish state. His argument is t ...

When we help children develop an emotional vocabulary, we can transform raw feelings into a tangible thing. This is the first step in learning to control those very raw emotions.

Over the years, musicians and singers have offered their interpretations of the tune used for “Eli Tziyon ,” so there are a few performances of this kinnah. The structure of the kinnah is an acrostic ...

Regarding payment of wages, there is an explicit mitzvah to pay wages promptly (b’yomo titen scharo) and a prohibition to withhold them (bal talin) (Vayikra 19:13; Devarim 15:15; C.M. 339:1).

Question: I recently returned from a trip abroad and wanted to say HaGomel. When I mentioned this to the officers of my synagogue, however, they told me that I would have to wait until Shabbos to do s ...

Of course, with games played daily, several teams, by the time you're reading this, have won 60 or more, but the Tigers had the best record and were the only team with 60 wins at the 100-game mark.

Was he really expected to pack up all his stuff? He felt faint every time he thought about it. He had never once had to do anything more complicated than packing a suitcase for vacations or holiday ho ...

Notwithstanding Moshe’s defense, the common theme running through these incidents is ingratitude. They had so much to be thankful for. Yet they chose to complain.

When the ego dominates, we instinctively sacrifice our true selves to avoid discomfort or looking foolish. Shame, in contrast, exists in private—it is an internal reckoning, the pain of knowing we'v ...

I was taught to make a Kiddush Hashem no matter where I stand; in a parking lot among our own, or as the only Jew in town. Space doesn’t define sanctity. Behavior does. Especially when no one’s wa ...

The daf yomi to be cited below doesn’t address this even indirectly, but provides a solution very directly. In a world saturated with the stench of antisemitism, with the allegation of genocide by ...

This Shabbat is known for its haftara, which always precedes Tisha B’Av: Chazon Yeshayahu – the vision of Yeshayahu. This is a difficult affair, traditionally read in the melody of Eicha, but it ...