Our parasha, Naso, is the source of Birkat Kohanim, one of the most stirring acts in our prayer experience. Nearly anyone who has witnessed this tefilah senses its drama and … more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision not to extend the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) observers is likely to be denounced as yet another … more

Israel’s Channel 13 reported that President Donald Trump’s Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates held a meeting at the White House last week with the … more

Almost all the polls say that President Donald Trump is heading towards defeat next month at the hands of his Democrat challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden. But Robert Cahaly, who heads … more

Ir David, the City of David, the name of the area beyond the southern edge of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, is fast becoming one of the most visited sites in Jerusalem, thus warranting … more

Last month, two members of Congress, one Democrat and one Republican, announced that they were forming a Torah Values Caucus. It would be one among dozens of caucuses that seek to advance myriad … more

If you’re old enough to remember the darkest days of the movement to free Soviet Jewry, the news last week that the Russian Justice Ministry has asked a court to close down the operations … more

Do we have the right to test G-d? Can we sit back and wait for G-d to give us a sign as to what we are meant to do? Or perhaps we are meant to live in somewhat of a fog, so as to preserve intact our … more

The prohibition of eating blood is one of the best-known mitzvot in Parashat Acharei Mot. In his Commentary on the Torah, on Sefer Vayikra 17:10-11, the Ramban notes that many of the verses that … more

According to the teachings of Rav Kook, while most blessings are of rabbinic origin, one of the most popular ones is to be found in this week’s parsha, Eikev: the Birkat HaMazon, Grace After … more