It’s now clear that we are living through a civilizational emergency. Just as the Palestinian Arabs tried to bring about the destruction of Israel in the attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, so the Islamic … more

Antisemitism is everywhere nowadays — on college campuses and inside city halls; on podcasts and red carpets; spoken by celebrities and spewed by masked thugs. No matter where one looks, … more

When I was younger, and movies were an event people enjoyed going to — “Come on, let’s go, I don’t want to come in late after the movie has started!” — I remember the introduction of … more

It was Erev Shavuos, 1960, and the Boyaner Rebbe was in Yerushalayim. Word had spread quickly that the Rebbe had come from America to spend Yom Tov in the holy city, and talmidei chachamim came from … more

On Shavuot, we commemorate the pact of spiritual loyalty that G-d and the Jewish people pledged to each other at Mount Sinai. Yet a plain reading of the biblical text shows us that not long after the … more

The Ten Commandments and the Book of Ruth are each as important to the intellectual appreciation and religious experience of Shavuot as blintzes and cheesecake are to the culinary celebration of this … more

The festival of Shavuot is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Here is how Shavuot is described and defined in parshat Emor: From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the … more

Somaliland’s first ambassador to Israel, Mohamed Hagi, presented his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on Monday, marking a first for the self-declared state. Somaliland … more

Students participating in MTA’s year-long “Names, Not Number”s program visited Poland with Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Michael Taubes, who shared his vast knowledge of the Shoah and Jewish life in … more

It is Memorial Day weekend, time to take the barbecues out of hiding, cleaned and scrubbed and readied for the summer months of outdoor eating. I love grilling. I love the smoky flavors the … more