In brief, Mitzrayim constitutes one of the exiles but does not seem to rise to the level of being a paragon of empire. In fact, that can actually be seen as one aspect of the humiliation of the exile ...

There was once a public debate between a rabbi and an astrophysicist regarding the nature of our universe. The astrophysicist, representing the atheist perspective, confidently approached the podium ...

Every so often, in the quiet shuffle of auctions and dealer lists, an item surfaces that makes the collector’s pulse quicken in a way only fellow bibliophiles truly understand. Recently, I was ...

Just at the one-year mark in my current home, and still unpacking boxes – mostly sefarim, books, CDs, and games – I found Sefer Gematriot, which lists all the unique words in Tanach in their gematria ...

Bronze sculpture of an ibex from Iran, 1st millennium BCE. Fishes are not named in either sedra – only the requirement of having fins and scales. Be aware that fish can have different types of scales ...

In Va’etchanan, we declared the Shema: “Hear, O Israel…” A moment of thunder and tenderness, of inheritance wrapped in presence. In Eikev, we continue it, not in recitation, but in enactment. Here, in ...

In the financial world, few things offer more comfort than receiving a large sum of cash. The challenge is how to handle a windfall responsibly based on the markets, economic environment, and personal ...

As Israeli warplanes roared over Tehran in a wave of punishing strikes, another, quieter offensive was unfolding—one not launched from airbases, but from encrypted lines and whispered threats.

El Al airplanes parked at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel. In response to the partial reopening of Ben Gurion International Airport following the start of a ceasefire with Iran, Israel’s ...

Booby-trapped tunnel shaft uncovered by IDF combat engineers. While mainstream media are focused on events in Iran, IDF soldiers are continuing Iron Sword operations in Gaza as they work to dismantle ...

Last Thursday, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, former Chief Rabbi of Israel, launched a scathing attack on MK Yuli Edelstein, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, over Edelstein’s push ...

Sam Sutton might not speak much but Silent Sam is good at posing for pictures in the Senate hallway. Tuesday, May 27 officially began a new career for Sam Sutton, the first Sephardic Jew to be elected ...