Of all the 39 acts of work which are prohibited on Shabbat, why does The Torah single out the act of lighting fire? As we know, in the Jewish calendar, the night belongs to the next day. By burning th ...

It’s a new magazine, a new size, and this issue features a stunning cover created by Annita Soble. Packed with original, thought provoking content, color, light and a melange of interesting, personal ...

The importance of sharing meals is recognised across cultures, from the Jewish Shabbat meal to the fast-breaking Iftar meals during Ramadan. The know ...

After 27 years serving the community, Nick Sammoudi is the subject of an online petition as customers ask for his ...

The Egyptians sought not merely to enslave, but also to put an end to, the people of Israel. One way of doing so was to kill all male children. Another was simply to interrupt normal family life.

Dalia Marx is Professor of Liturgy and Midrash at Hebrew Union College’s Jerusalem campus. A Reform rabbi, she teaches ...

When Hermione Malone picks up the phone, she does not pronounce her first name the way we’d come to expect but instead ...

Happiness might just be a bite away! Research shows that people who share more meals tend to be happier—and in some cases, ...

A couple of weeks later, Hitler committed suicide. Goebbels succeeded him but took his own life the very next day, along with his wife, after poisoning their six children with cyanide. Absolute evil ...

While hiddur mitzvah is interpreted as beautifying a commanded act with a sense of abundance, as usual, the Torah asks us to ...

Torah for Mental Health” includes chapters on reframing your challenges, the gift of altruism and realizing your spiritual ...

Hundreds of Wordle puzzles have passed since the game was first unleashed onto the world, and there's now a burgeoning repository of words that now cannot be used for any future Wordle puzzles. If you ...