Because if it is corruption we are worried about, there is no greater corruption and source of impurity than the presence of death itself.

Maybe being a stepmom is my chok. A path that defies neat halachic categories but still carves out something sacred. It doesn’t always feel certain. It rarely feels understood. But it is real. And i ...

We are living in a world of chaos, never sure what tomorrow brings. As I write these words it is impossible for me to know what our days will look like by the time you read my message.

The Gemara sites as an example of this, the wife of Ohn ben Peles who, with her chochma, saved her husband from the hellish fate of Korach and his cohorts. She told him that he had nothing to gain ...

Rabbi Aaron Zimmer is the cohost of the Physics to God podcast, which presents a rational, science-based case for the existence of G-d. He holds a degree in physics and received semicha from Rabbi ...

Like many Israeli leaders, Netanyahu often peppers his speeches with biblical verses, usually used as cultural or historical touchstones rather than as expressions of personal religiosity. Keinon poin ...

Each month, the Kotel plaza looks different from the one before as there is constant excavation and construction happening, an incredible sign of each incremental step coming closer to the Geulah.

Perhaps the fullest picture of what is truly unfolding emerges only when we consider most, if not all, of these perspectives together.

"The way to defeat Hamas and bring the hostages home is to reoccupy the Gaza Strip, halt humanitarian aid, go all the way through the evaluation phase—and win.” ...

When one makes peace in his home, the Torah considers it as if he established peace among the entire Jewish Nation.

A political decision is required for Lebanon to impose control over the area north of the Litani River, where medium and heavy weapons are still in the hands of Hezbollah.

From the earliest days of the city’s founding, Jews have helped shape the identity and vitality of New York. As immigrants, merchants, educators, philanthropists, laborers, artists and industrialist ...