It is hard to believe that I am writing again, while sitting shiva once again, this time for my older sister (by six years) ...

From Tents to a Stairway to Heaven Thoughts on Torah Portion Vayeitzei 2024 (adapted from previous versions) ©Rabbi Mordecai ...

Israelis are living life without a security blanket. It is frightening. But like Jacob, they still dream of something better.

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Jacob’s first move is to obtain the birthright from his older brother, Esau. “Birthright,” we gather from the bible generally ...

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Rachel Laser, the first non-Christian leader of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, redefines the group’s ...

A woman who was denied a life-extending cancer drug has announced her own death in a heartbreaking statement urging others to ...

To try, to fall, to fear, and yet to keep going: that is what it takes to be a leader. That was Jacob, the man who at the ...

Be careful what you wish for” they say, but better yet, “be careful how you go about trying to acquire what you wish for.” We’ve all heard about people who are so determined to get what they want that ...

Rachel Laser, the first Jewish leader of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, redefines the group’s focus in ...

Does Rabbi Sacks’s theory unite all the other theories mentioned about who wrestled with Jacob that night? This essay is from ...