According to the Rabbinic source closest to the event, the reason Jerusalem was destroyed the 2nd time was because of the kind of interpersonal hatred
Staring at the rubble of a Palestinian home recently destroyed by the Israeli army in the West Bank town of Al-Walaja, Sam, a 36-year-old American
guest post by Erin-Kate Escobar and Chel Mandell This conversation explores how a Jewish DEI consultant and a fifth-year rabbinic student and activist have come
When one thinks of the Temple in Jerusalem one thinks of solemnity and gravity—the sacrificing of animals and incense; the Levites’ music: the push of
This piece was also published on Approaching. Rav Jeff Fox’s major contribution to the world of Torah in this form of his teshuva “Nashim Mesolelot”
I had the dream the other night: it was time to go. We were preparing to leave the country for good. Initially, the dream had
The story of the erev rav is a sordid one in the history of biblical interpretation. Nahmanides famously faults them for the sin of the
guest post by Zackary Sholem Berger The Talmud is full of categories: man, woman, Jew, non-Jews, slave, poor person, rich person, am-haaretz, wise person, and
Why do we get rid of hametz (leavened products) for Passover? Joseph seems to be the first person in the Bible to accumulate grain and
PSA to my fellow progressive Jews: when you put together readings for the seder about the “contemporary 10 plagues”, listing out terrible things confronting us
