When Hayyim of Zanz was a young man, he set about trying to reform his country from its evil ways. But when he [...]

Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins shares a story that helps us in our preparation for the New Year: After a long, hard climb up [...]

The events of the past few weeks in Afghanistan are horrifying on so many levels. But the true magnitude of the horror dates [...]

This is a month of preparation leading up to the Ten Days of Repentance. Our tradition is filled with teachings whose purpose is [...]

Sunday begins the Hebrew month of Elul, a time of preparation leading up to Rosh Hashanah, the New Year, and the beginning of [...]

I'm visiting family in New York this week. We drove out to Long Island to show our daughters where their mother grew up. [...]

If you look for it, you can always find something to be distressed about. There is no shortage of tzuris: the Delta variant, antisemitism, [...]

Collectively, we are in the period known as the “nine days,” a time of mourning leading up to Tisha B’Av, the day on which, [...]

As the sun sets this evening, we enter Av, the saddest month of the Jewish year. The first days of Av are the [...]

Praying for a Miracle We have been reading reports about the building collapse in Surfside, Florida, hoping desperately that survivors will be found. [...]