A now-infamous photograph of October 7 recalls an ancient coin’s symbol of oppression and resilience

Shame and guilt in Genesis and Palestinian society

Hadar inspired Begin’s character. It should do the same for us

My first seder without my daughter and son-in-law

Why do the Jews still exist?

The response of French Jews to the post-1967 outburst of antisemitism offers lessons that can help us today

Every golem story is a story of humans seeking to imitate the Divine creative urge

When Jews are persecuted, so are their books. When Jews thrive, so do their books. They are fellow travelers on the epic journey of Jewish civilization

History would suggest that rather than resist steel because it can be beaten into swords, we do better to embrace it and make plowshares instead

The situation we face today will require us to go beyond a legal response into theological, anthropological, and philosophical territory, because it questions the very assumptions upon which the halakhic edifice is built