The Torah’s blueprint for the Simchat Torah war The Genesis story of Jaob's return is the blueprint for Israel's concluding the Simchat Torah War and becoming fully who we are meant to be. Shlomo Vile Jan. 18, 2024
Joe Lieberman: ‘Fight for justice’ to retrieve stolen Chabad library from Russia The former U.S. senator from Connecticut, who is featured in a new documentary, told JNS about efforts to repatriate some 12,000 religious volumes. Bradley Martin May 17, 2023
Survivor’s guilt and the atonement of the innocent The ‘Eglah Arufah’ is a way of recognizing that guilt feelings have a profound meaning. Chaim Steinmetz Sept. 4, 2022
One of Judaism’s great commentators, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, dies at age 83 A prolific author, he wrote as many as 60 books on an array of topics, including commentaries on the Talmud, the Torah, Jewish mysticism, Chassidism and Jewish philosophy. Aug. 7, 2020
‘Turn It and Turn It, for Everything Is in It’: A Torah commentary for the times A rabbi on the global coronavirus pandemic, the holiday of Shavuot, the sacred cycle of the Jewish calendar and a core (at least one) truth. Carin M. Smilk May 28, 2020