Stewart Weiss

The events of our sedra this week are chillingly prophetic of the current crisis in Israel, and thus offer crucial lessons for us as to how to respond to the drama unfolding before us. Moav and Midian are long-time, bitter enemies of one another, and yet in order to destroy Israel, they are willing to […]

HannaLee estimates that her “baking brigade” has provided more than 25,000 meals since the start of the war, and they’re not stopping.

'Any generation in which the Temple is not rebuilt is considered as if they themselves have destroyed it' (Talmud Yerushalmi Yoma 1:1).

Through the ages, many courageous rabbis changed the course of Judaism by taking bold action, often, if not always, in the face of vehement opposition. It's time for a new rabbinic revolution.

Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev passed away in 1809, and his Kiddush cup has been passed down through the generations for more than two centuries.

Let no political party assume it owns us or our precious vote. That will go to the person and party that deserves our support and will assist us in our holy struggle to bring redemption. 

Abraham, the Akeida, & the ‘Mona Lisa' teach us how to answer the ultimate question of life: What is right and what is wrong? What does God ultimately require of us?

The message here, for us, is painfully obvious. After a year of national grief and worry, a year of continuous tragedies and trauma, what we really want – and need – is simply to live.

It is precisely at the one-year anniversary of Hamas's massacre that the holiday of Simchat Torah comes along, with its unique message about the centrality of unity.

That is “Hatikvah,” the Hope. Along with faith and courage, it is the secret of our survival.