At the beginning of the pandemic, I wrote about some of the silver linings of this challenging time: more time at home, less [...]

There is a tradition of learning a little bit of Talmud each day as a way of ensuring that every word of this [...]

There have been so many terrible losses during this pandemic. Most awfully, more than 238,000 Americans have died and more than 1.2 million [...]

Over the past week, new COVID-19 cases in America have averaged more than 100,000 per day. This represents an increase of 59% from [...]

On Saturday a great teacher of Torah, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, died. [...]

Many of us are spending a great deal of time on Zoom calls, on our screens—sitting inside. My friend, a doctor, said this [...]

חַֽסְדֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־תָ֔מְנוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו׃ חֲדָשִׁים֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים רַבָּ֖ה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ The kindness of the ETERNAL has not ended, Your mercies are not [...]

We awaken unsure of what yesterday’s election means for us and for America. Much will be revealed in the days to come. This [...]

“Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the fear it inspires, we would swallow one another alive!” (Pirkei [...]

וְדִרְשׁ֞וּ אֶת־שְׁל֣וֹם הָעִ֗יר אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִגְלֵ֤יתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ שָׁ֔מָּה וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֥וּ בַעֲדָ֖הּ אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֣י בִשְׁלוֹמָ֔הּ יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם שָׁלֽוֹם׃ And seek the peace of the city to [...]