Jewish tradition places great significance on names. With the addition of just one letter, at the age of 99, Abram becomes Abraham and his transformation to the father of many nations is confirmed. At ...

1. This week’s Torah portion is Lech Lecha, the third in the book of Genesis, following Bereishit and Noach. It can be said that we are beginning for a third time. The first two beginnings had ...

In the Torah portion of Lech Lecha, we encounter the father of the Jewish nation, our patriarch Abraham. After God said to Abraham, “Go forth from your land... to the land that I will show you,” ...

As I expressed in a prior blog entitled Sunday Dollars to Beit Ma’asim Tovim and the Rebbe, it took me years of reflection to connect the Torah portion of the week of the Sunday dollars visit which is ...

(JTA) — When it came time to swear in his new foreign minister, Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, turned to one of his favorite topics: the Torah. Milei, who is not Jewish, cited the week’s Torah ...

I recently saw the film, “In Her Shoes,” and was inspired by the personal transformation of the sister played by Cameron Diaz. This character had the courage to break old habits, leave her past and re ...

In this week’s Torah portion, we find Abraham sitting at the opening of his tent. When he spots strangers in the distance, he displays the hospitality for which our tradition lauds him. Abraham rushes ...