When Moses resists the Divine call, he expresses a heartfelt and deep humility that serves as a model for all of us.

received a Torah in book form in 1984 burned to the ground. Pacific Palisades, one of our paradises, now a thing of the past. A new plague has blown into Southern California. I don’t know who Pharaoh ...

The Torah reveals an uplifting message from God: God will redeem the Hebrew slaves from their misery! But as Moses relays the miraculous news, the Hebrew slaves essentially ignore his announcement.

Each week, Ari Sliffman, a Jewish legal mediator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will discuss the week’s Parshah “through the lens of a mediator.” Ari will focus on one or two sections of the Parshah ...

Many people I encounter here in Victoria have no familiarity at all with basic Jewish vocabulary, so I thought I would use ...

But Moses always knew he was Jewish and quietly sought to end the suffering of his people. He would help the Jewish slaves with their loads. He even urged Pharaoh to stop the oppression.

Outside the promised land Jews in the biblical age are in danger if they tell the truth. They are at constant risk of being killed or at best enslaved.

Religious Zionist scholars find and explain connections between Torah readings and the Holy Land. This week: Milk and honey, ...

Together, they wrote “It Takes Two to Torah: An Orthodox Rabbi and Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate Their Way Through the Five Books of Moses.” Many of us grew up with a straightforward ...