Why the progressive liberal left isn't sympathetic to Israel's pain | Tanya White | The Blogs (timesofisrael.com)

It’s become an iconic image – one that has lent itself over many years to artistic representation by some of the most renowned artists...

There is so much we can learn, at this moment, from Yitzchak's household that we read in this week's parsha. Yitzchaks household lives in...

Rabbi David Hartman expresses his definition of a religious ideal: “Become a religious person who can live with ambiguity, who can feel...

I’ve always found words cathartic. When I have been going through the worst periods in my life, I’ve written for myself, for others, for...

People Love Dead Jews - Bad Luck - We are Alive and Kicking | Tanya White | The Blogs (timesofisrael.com)

We beat our chests and recite a long list of our most innocuous sins. Is this a healthy religious attitude? Are we nurturing a toxic...

It seems that humans, from their inception, are destined to struggle with the meaning of existence. We ‘clothe’ ourselves in many...

There are three fundamental principles of Judaism that are set out in this week’s parsha. 1. The idea of equality and shared...

Ki Tavo and Enlistment to the IDF: A Mother's Perspective | Tanya White | The Blogs (timesofisrael.com)

One of the earliest post-Holocaust stories, “Yossl Rakover Speaks to God” by Zvi Kolitz, is a visceral and raw account of the ramblings...

וְהָיָה, כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ ה אֱלֹקיךָ, אֶל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה בָא-שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ--וְנָתַתָּה אֶת-הַבְּרָכָה עַל-הַר גְּרִזִים,...

Dara Horn in her bestselling book “People Love Dead Jews” regales the reader with countless stories about the lives of dead Jews or...

What do we do when our reality is shaken to its very core? When the ground under our feet is destabilised to such a degree that we feel...

לעילוי נשמת מאיר זאב בן מנחם מנדל הכהן In Memory of my maternal grandfather Ze’ev Racker on his 31st Yarzheit It seems an odd way to...

Today we live in a world riddled by conflict on the global, national and communal level. The most pressing question for contemporary...

Last week and this weeks parsha share many parallel themes. As a book whose theme is the growth of the nation it is natural that...

There is the famous adage: 2 jews 3 opinions. There is something quintessentially Jewish about argument. From the moment God invites...

If Bereshit is a book about the road to character of the individual and the family, Bamidbar is a book about the road to growth of the...

The Omer period not by chance to my mind, annually coincides with what I term the modern days of awe here in Israel – Yom Hashoa, Yom...