Last month, an 85-year-old Jew from Queens, N.Y., proudly joined other invited guests at the White House as President Obama signed into law the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” paving the way — ...

Indeed, our haftarah does something remarkable: It names names. Not just heroes but absentees. Not just those who fought but those who consciously chose not to. After Israel’s defeat of the Canaanite ...

After witnessing the death of their Egyptian pursuers, the Torah testifies that the Jewish people believed in Hashem and His servant Moshe. After a year of witnessing constant miracles during the 10 ...

Recounting for the first time the story of an entire people who, after long years of harsh and grueling bondage, emerge into freedom. Parashat Beshalach is a historic Torah portion, recounting for the ...

In these dark, cold days of winter, it’s so easy to lose hope. Add to this the hardships of loss, with which life seems intent on liberally sprinkling our lives, and we get something akin to paralysis ...

Dedicated to the men and women of the IDF and those who worked tirelessly alongside them, who believed and persisted in finding the body of Rani Gvili of blessed memory. At the very beginning of the ...

Stealing this image from mettle fatigue's dvar torah on Beshalah a few years ago... We haven’t had a Dvar Torah in a few months, and none on Beshalach in a few years. To be honest, it hadn’t occurred ...

Parashat Beshalach – What do you see when you see a tree in Israel? When you are walking along and you see a tree, what are you actually seeing? While it is certainly correct to say that you are ...

Parashat Beshalach is a historic Torah portion, recounting for the first time the story of an entire people who, after long years of harsh and grueling bondage, emerge into freedom. One can try to ...