By: Aliza Scharf-Bendov, LCSW As we approach the days of awe, I find myself reflecting on both myself and my work as a psychotherapist with...

By: Dr. Yvette Alt Miller Can a book change your life? One book changed mine. Years ago, I wandered into a bookstore with a young doctor...

Written on March 9, 1973 Edited by: JV Staff My Dear Friend, I note that you, as so many others who are good Jewish nationalists and devoted...

The Ninth Day of Av (August 10, 2019): Guide for the Perplexed   By: Amb. Yoram Ettinger   Based on ancient Jewish sages, https://bit.ly/2KyRq8C 1. Remembrance breeds deliverance,...

The first nine days of the Hebrew month of Av, and also the morning of the tenth, are days of acute mourning for the...

I have to admit that I stopped in my tracks when I first heard a brilliant young woman make the statement. It encapsulated so...

The Jewish national period of mourning By: Rabbi Shraga Simmons The "Three Weeks" between the 17th of Tammuz and the Tisha B'Av have historically been days of misfortune...

By: Ariel Natan Pasko What did I do to help bring the Third Temple today? A question every Jew should ask themselves everyday, especially now...

I currently attend a college in the U.S., and lately there has been much controversy surrounding “safe spaces,” where students can retreat to avoid...

For the first time since it was burned in the Holocaust and destroyed - Hebrew inscriptions from the excavations of the Great Synagogue in...

Yes this a bit unconventional, but let's go with it for a mere moment. Take a breather, lay back and close your eyes. Think...

The irony of the Jeffrey Epstein case breaking wide open this past week, as the week’s Torah reading was Balak, screams out for more...

On July 2, 2019, the Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim (RAA/Igud) assembled for its monthly Rosh Chodesh (Tammuz) Seudah and Conference. This conference was...

The Rebbe’s teachings about humanity’s inherent goodness highlighted anti-Semitism session Speaking powerfully and emotionally at the U.N. General Assembly on June 26, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein,...

Nineteen percent of Americans think small businesses should be allowed to refuse service to Jews if serving them would violate their owners religious beliefs,...

The ancient synagogue in the capital of Bahrain held a prayer service this morning. Following the conference held in the kingdom, a number of...