A summary of the first portion of the Torah.

Halacha, from the Hebrew word for "walking" or "path," is the rabbinic interpretation of Jewish law. From its earliest days, Judaism viewed the Tanach (Hebrew Bible) as the rule book for Jewish ritual ...

Although the hooked cross predates the Nazi flag by 5,000 years, today it is widely considered a hate symbol. The swastika has an extensive history. It was used at least 5,000 years before Adolf ...

Of blood, frogs, hail and more. One of the most dramatic moments of the Passover seder comes with the recitation of the 10 plagues that, the Bible says, God brought on the Egyptians to persuade ...

Jews got entangled in the Christian quest to recapture the Holy Land from Muslims. The origins of the Christian Crusade to liberate the Holy Land are found in the spread of a warrior Asiatic tribe. In ...

Miriam's instinctive song of praise tells us something important about calling out to God.

The desert peak upon which the Hebrew Bible says God gave the Torah to Moses. Mount Sinai is the desert peak upon which the Hebrew Bible says God gave the Torah to Moses and the Israelites. In the ...

Understanding the arguments of so-called revisionists. How do we know the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust is six million, as opposed to six hundred thousand? What evidence exists that murdering ...

An ancient 'slice of life.' Today’s daf finds us in the middle of an arcane and uncomfortable discussion. We have already established that a firstborn donkey, which is not kosher, is redeemed with a ...

Ushpizin (pronounced oosh-pee-ZIN) is the Aramaic word for “guests” and refers to a short prayer recited on each night of Sukkot inviting one of seven Jewish forbearers to join us in the sukkah.

Maakouda is a Moroccan potato dish, served either as pie or as fritter, which became an everyday dish for Jews during Passover. Just like Ashkenazi potato kugel, maakouda is a staple of Passover for ...

I first fell in love with adjaruli khatchapuri, also known as Georgian cheese bread or cheese boat, at Marani Restaurant in Queens, NY. This cheesy-carby deliciousness is basically all the comfort ...