2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (647+ words) With all the anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric that is currently picking up speed, people are legitimately concerned about how the fate of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust will be remembered, spoken about, and visualized. What do…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (323+ words) By: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg Judaism teaches that gratitude is not merely a feeling or a polite thank you. It is a posture. It is action. It is participation. The very word "Yehudi" comes from'hoda'ah, meaning acknowledgment or admission. To be…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (654+ words) By: Sivan Rahav Meir I had the privilege of spending last Shabbat in New York at Chabad's International Conference of Shluchos (women emissaries). You could spend hours hearing what each'shlucha'does and you still wouldn't reach the end. It's overwhelming, in…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (406+ words) A story of loss, resilience, and a lifesaving legacy, building a lighthouse of hope and compassion in Ashkelon. On October 7, as terrorists burst into the Sharabi family home, Eli Sharabi and his wife, Lianne, thought only of their children. They…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (675+ words) By Rabbi Leo Dee Why does'Parashat'Mishpatim'the Torah's great catalog of civil law'follow immediately after the drama of'Har'Sinai? Why move so quickly from thunder, revelation, and the Ten Commandments to injured oxen, property damage, court systems, servants, and land law? The…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (760+ words) On January 28, Touro University hosted a special community program "2026 International Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Survivor's Shout," centered on survivor Dorothea Szczesniak. Moderated by Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, the event was introduced…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (884+ words) After the thunder and lightning at'Har Sinai,'Moshe Rabbeinu'began his longer and more demanding task of transmitting the breadth of Torah and the will of Hashem to the people. The commandments extend to every facet of life: from daily practice…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1556+ words) This week we observed Tu B'Shevat'a holiday which doesn't normally get much mention after its actual observance. But the truth is that as endearing as the'buksur'may be, one can argue that the fruit which serves as the centerpiece of Tu…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (187+ words) Antisemitism doesn't grow in a vacuum. It grows in environments where it is tolerated, excused, rationalized, or met with silence. From college campuses to city streets, from social media feeds to houses of worship, what we are witnessing today is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (257+ words) By B. Aviva Preminger, MD, MPH, FACS Why did it endure so powerfully? Because it served a purpose. This history matters deeply today. Many Jewish patients still arrive in consultation rooms carrying echoes of comments, jokes, or judgments they absorbed growing…...