The story of every nation is the story of its leaders — and how they leave, writes the author of the forthcoming “The Torah of Leadership.” We often invoke the Hebrew phrase “l’dor v’dor,” from ...

This week’s Torah portion is about mass fear, or better put, how to stave off mass fear. Mass fear makes people, and groups of people, think, say, and do irrational and destructive things. You ...

This week’s Torah portion, Va-yakhel, is the first of two Torah portions concerned with the building of the Mishkan. In next week’s portion, Pekudei, we find the actual dedication of the Mishkan. I ...

A common thread extends through the Sukkot, Hoshanah Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah festivals – a thread that binds our people. It intersects with Parashat V’zot Haberachah, read on ...

(RNS) — I don’t normally quote two family members in one article, but since this is the season of forgiveness, I hope that you will forgive me. Especially because their insights into this week’s Torah ...

When faced with tough choices, we reveal our character. One such pivotal moment occurs in this week’s Torah portion. It opens in the middle of an impassioned dialogue between Joseph, still unknown to ...

Every Shabbos, Jews in synagogues of all denominations hear the cantor, rabbi or a layperson chant that week’s Torah portion from an open scroll. But Yiddish scholar Sheva Zucker says you don’t need ...

The metzora mentioned in this week’s Torah portion can be understood not only as a response to a bodily condition, but as a model for repairing the damage caused by misdeeds. (JTA) — In the years ...