Holidays

Shmuel Hain comments on the leap year parshah-gap between Israel and the Diaspora.

Sarah Rindner has been listening to Eviatar Banai just in time for Sukkot.

For Jennifer Raskas, the seder narrative reflects on the past and informs the future.

Alex Ozar drills down on the point of the Akeidah, responding to Herzl Hefter and Tzvi Sinensky.

In his latest poem, Bruce Black meditates on the Chanukah miracle and the miracles of everyday life

Leah Sarna argues that this is the Passover to tell the stories of enslaved Jewish women: of the victims of October 7, who were and likely still are subjected to sexual violence, and of the heroic women in the era of the Exodus, who fought to ensure the perpetuation of the Jewish people.

Levi Morrow explores how the Rabbis use creative exegesis to save the world from drowning in a flood

The call to learn Torah at night surprisingly comes from a verse in Lamentations. Yaakov Weinstein discusses what we can learn from this, and what it means for the practice of staying up on Shavuot.

Shimshon Nadel examines the question of whether we should continue to fast on Tishah Be-Av in light of the existence of the Modern State of Israel.

David Bashevkin articulates a religious educator’s perspective on why people become religious