Posts Tagged: Torah
How Studying the Torah Can Create Jobs
There has been a lot of debate in the US and elsewhere about jobs, or rather the loss of them and what to do about...
The Limits of Love
In a parsha laden with laws, one in particular is full of fascination. Here it is: If a man has two wives, one loved, the other unloved...
Curses Into Blessings
Even an elementary approach to Parshat Balak demonstrates that, in the long run, our enemies are unable to curse us, because The Holy One will...
Is the World Perfectible?
We don’t consider the material world to be perfectible, because we aim higher. Bringing the “world,” the "small universe" occupied by each individual Jew -- refining himself,...
A Request for a Favor From Some of My Fellow Rabbis
I'd like to ask some of my colleagues a favor. I teach Torah for a living, often to people who don't have a lot of background....
Gaming the System: Thoughts on ‘Beingness’
I don’t know if it’s just me, but it’s all-too-often difficult to resist the temptation to do a cost-benefit analysis when asked to do something....
New Findings About Jews and Judaism Revealed in the New Testament (INTERVIEW)
It is well known that Christianity sprang from a Jewish context. While there may be controversy about Jesus' Judaism vs. the traditional Judaism of the...
Prophets of the Jews
According to the Talmud, the Jewish people produced 48 prophets and seven prophetesses (Tractate Megillah 14a). In the Middle Ages, Rabbenu Hananel ben Hushiel (990-1053 CE)...
Israeli Entrepreneur Wants to Send Torah to the Moon
JNS.org - “The Torah is going to the moon.” It sounds like a phrase straight out of a Jewish fairytale or children’s book, but the real-life Torah...
‘Game of Thrones’ and the Meaning of Shame
Please note that this post contains spoilers about the TV show "Game of Thrones." The HBO series “Game of Thrones” is set somewhere in a mythical...
Jaffa Orange Republic: Towards the Ontogeny of Jewish Statehood in the 21st Century
Maturation in Jewry's Third Commonwealth will be signaled by conspicuous shifts in attitudes and approaches in diverse areas. The prevailing state of affairs - a state fraught with existential...
Jewish Heritage Group to Publish Photos of Nazi-Plundered Hungarian Torahs Stashed in Russia
The Jewish Heritage Foundation announced on Thursday that it was set to publish photographic evidence of a hoard of Torah scrolls and other Judaica stolen...
EU Commissioner: Europe Without the Jews is Not Europe
A "Europe without the Jews is no longer Europe," the first vice president of the European Commission Frans Timmermans told a gathering of the continent's Orthodox...
Jewish Warfare: A Traditional Perspective
In the timely hour of battle between Israel and its neighbors, it is helpful to recall the timeless principles of warfare set out in the...
