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Fire or Forgive: How to respond to public scandals
Whenever we turn on the TV or open a newspaper, we are inundated with stories of public officials who were caught up in scandals.
Should we care? …7 years ago
Creation Vs. Evolution - What do we believe?
Since Charles Darwin published the Origin of the Species more than 150 years ago, Jews (as other religions) have struggled to reconcile the theories …
7 years ago
Why Jews are always studying
Historically Jews have always been recognized as a smart people and a people of knowledge. Key to that knowledge was the lifelong quest for study in …
7 years ago
Ushpizin - The Mystery Sukkot Guests
According to the teachings of the Zohar and Kabbalah, every day of Sukkot another one of our Jewish biblical figures joins us in spirit in the Sukkah…
7 years ago
The Aleinu Prayer
One of the most central prayers on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is the Aleuni prayer that is also recited at the end of each daily prayer. This ancie…
7 years ago
The Secret of the Shofar
Blowing the Shofar is the most central Mitzvah on Rosh Hashanah. Why do we blow a Shofar, an instrument that has only one note and cannot play a tune?
7 years ago
The Torah - an Overview of the Five Books
The Written Torah consist of Five Books split into 54 parshas (portions), 669 paragraphs, 5,845 verses, 79,976 words and 304,805 letters all containe…
7 years, 1 month ago
Shatnez - the Kosher rules for clothing
The Torah prohibits us from wearing clothing that are mixed with wool and linen, called shatnez.
Why does the Torah prohibit wearing shatnez? Are clo…
7 years, 1 month ago
Do we really have free choice?
Free choice is fundamental to Judaism and essential to the entire structure of society. But how do we understand that in a world where everything wor…
7 years, 1 month ago
Does Judaism believe in democracy?
Having a democratically elected government that is answerable to people in free and fair elections, is a key principal in the United States constitut…
7 years, 1 month ago