One of the things that the holiday commemorates is Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s death – the same sage who survived on carob ...

In the wake of October 7, the ancient teaching of the four kinyan has never felt more relevant, reminding us of the strength ...

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While Ukrainian residents once again move between talks of a possible peace summit next weekend and the harsh reality that ...

While certainly a pilgrimage by the pope to the Middle East and the Holy Land is hoped for, Cardinal Pizzaballa noted in his ...

He was raised in an ultra-Orthodox Sephardic home, but his vision of Israeli society was that all Jews are equal. He loved ...

Shortly after the attacks, hundreds of Jewish leaders and scholars wrote ... is torn at the sight of what is happening in the Holy Land, by the power of so much division and so much hatred ...