All posts tagged "Torah"

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Disguises – Do They Work

    Art work by Phillip Ratner       Joseph is now the ruler of Egypt. The famine he predicted has come to pass....

• Blogs

  Antisemitism and the flight of the ‘progressives’ – A Hanukkah Diarist

    “As my wife and I lit our Hanukkah candles last night, and we sang Ma’oz Tzur (מעוז צור), my mind darkly drifted back...

• Guest Contributors

  Northern Israel – Tzfat – Chanukah Vacation

                             By Laurie Rappeport. During Chanukah vacation many people, both Israelis and foreign travelers come...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Inspired By Faith We Can Change The World

                    The Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks has recorded “8 Thoughts for 8 Nights” – a...

• Guest Contributors

  Nes Gadol Haya Po – A Great Miracle Happened Here

          By Jocelyn Weiss . My first year of Aliyah is coming to a close and all things considered, it’s been a...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  The Refusal to be Comforted

    Jacob rent his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned his son for a long time. His sons and daughters tried to...

• Guest Contributors

  Safed – The City of Kabbalah – Mysticism

        By Laurie Rappeport. Travelers to Northern Israel can enjoy a fascinating visit to the ancient city of Safed, known as the...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Vayishlach – Fear or Distress

     Sculpture By Phillip Ratner Ratnermuseum.com   “A people capable of feeling distress, even in victory, is one that knows the tragic complexity...

• Blogs

  I Will Be What I Will Be- Coming-Into-Being

      By Yoram Hazony.    Is God perfect? You often hear philosophers describe “theism” as the belief in a perfect being...

• Blogs

  The first taste of a shelter

    Efrat, Israel By Harvey Tannenbaum .Harvey Tannenbaum. A native Californian who moved to Efrat, Israel in 1998 and works as an...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  The Elimination of Violence against Women

  By Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks This week’s parsha of Vayetze contains much about family relationships and conflict. Jacob, in love with...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  How democratic were the children of Israel?

    Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks reviews leading American thinker Michael Walzer’s book on politics in the Bible. “Freedom was at the heart...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  COVENANT & CONVERSATION: Vayetze – Encountering G-d

     Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks   Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “G-d is truly in this place, but I...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Toldot – Between Prophecy and Oracle – Relevant Today

  By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks.  “the future is never as straightforward as we are led to believe. Abraham is promised many children...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  My Conversation With the Chief

  By Yoram Hazony. In Britain, you meet quite a few Jews who refer to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks simply as “the Chief.” True,...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Hopes and Fears – Chayei Sarah

      The simple answer is because they happened. That, however, cannot be all. We misunderstand Torah if we think of it...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Even Higher Than Angels

  Sculpture By Phillip Ratner. It is one of the most famous scenes in the Bible. Abraham is sitting at the entrance to...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Hillel: “If I am not for myself, who will be? But if I am only for myself, what am I?”

  The Jewish community could not exist for a day without its volunteers’ By Lord Sacks, Chief Rabbi. Volunteering has been undervalued in...

• Guest Contributors

  The Biblical Case for Limited Government

  By Yoram Hazony This is a version of an essay that appeared in the October 2012 issue of First Things. The original...

• Blogs

  Finding your Jewish identity in a secular world

                    The Chief Rabbi recently spoke at the Hillel at the University of Pennsylvania on the subject of...