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Rabbi David Fohrman is the dean of Aleph Beta Academy. He has taught at Johns Hopkins University, and was a lead writer and editor for ArtScroll's Talmud translation project. Aleph Beta creates videos ...

Bassam Tawil is a scholar based in the Middle East. This article originally appeared on the Gatestone Institute website (gatestoneinstitute.org).

Rabbi Aaron I. Reichel, Esq., is a New York attorney who has written many articles on secular and Jewish topics, and has written, edited, and/or supplemented various biographies, most notably of Rabbi ...

Levi Eshkol (1895-1969), born Levi Shkolnik in the small Ukrainian town of Oratov, emerged from humble beginnings to become one of Israel’s most consequential, yet least celebrated, leaders. His early ...

I think it is important to talk a bit about my internal process. This story with Chana isn’t just about Chana. It is also about my growth as a person and as her mother. I knew that for Chana to get ...

I’ve wanted to talk to Pinchas Bichler for a long time. Bichler is a composer, music producer, and the founder and manager of Malchus Choir. Over the years, he has composed some songs which became big ...

Abulafia describes the initial encounter with prophetic awareness and how it impacts the recipient. The “use” that can be made of prophecy is highly contingent upon the preparation and training of the ...

We have another example of this phenomenon in recent times. We called the Gadol HaDor by the title Reb, namely, Reb Moshe Feinstein, zt”l, zy”a. The man who himself gave smicha (rabbinic ordination) ...

The word larutz (to run) is mentioned in various forms 105 times in the Tanach. Interestingly, 105 km is exactly the distance of a typical ultramarathon. This teaches us that to be an “Ultra-Jew,” we ...

Saul Jay Singer serves as senior legal ethics counsel with the District of Columbia Bar and is a collector of extraordinary original Judaica documents and letters. He welcomes comments at at sauljsing ...

The Court of Appeals has affirmed the New York Appellate Division Second Department’s decision upholding a Reform temple’s right to fire a teacher who had written an anti-Zionist blog post. The ...