Judaism does not allow for pie-in-the-sky, super angelic portrayals of human life.

Large parts of the world and of its billions of people are enveloped in sadness, violence, injustice and death.

Is it that bad?

There is a dangerous trend that exists in the fringes of the Modern Orthodox Jewish world to imitate the errors

Why is Yitro's arrival emphasized in the Torah?

Change requires inner will and determination to effect it. Jews are particularly subject to drives for change.

Any voter with a modicum of sense knows or should know not to believe in the promises of political candidates.

A little clever satire can be a good thing for us.

What is Yaakov’s stubborn attachment to living in the Land of Canaan?

If ignorant and unlettered – tragically, most of American Jewry is in that position with regard to Judaism - are

The long dance of Jewish history does not leave Jews unimpaired.

Read the magazines of the Oslo era and weep. Events on the ground truly mock the past wisdom of journalistic experts.