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It is an interesting question whether, from the Torah’s perspective, there exists wisdom outside the Torah. Logically speaking, there is no theological need for the Torah to encompass all wisdom, so ...
The Jewish and Arab families in the city customarily ... "Grandpa taught me how to pray, and to read the chumash (Bible)," recalls Yehuda. "Each day in the ghetto, we received a bowl of soup ...
A candidate must be a highly skilled and engaging teacher in several fields of classical Jewish study including Chumash with Commentaries and Rabbinics, and Jewish Law. The ideal candidate is ...
Driving to Easton Shopping Center with my dad and young sister, we saw a group of people waving Palestinian flags, gathered near the entrance sign that read “EASTON” on the ...
The damage then was also in the billions. This scorched chumash, which contains the Torah and Haftarah in book form, was found in the ruins of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center following the ...
Yiddish is a familiar presence in contemporary English speech. Many people use or at least know the meaning of words like ...
In an online lecture in Yiddish, Jan Schwarz, a Yiddish literature scholar at Lund University, will explain this development ...
As far as I know, this photograph, from 1932 or 1933, is my family's only physical link to our Yiddish-speaking past ...
After two decades of vision, persistence, and deep-rooted cultural commitment, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has ...
With 85,000 Jewish people incarcerated nationwide, the Aleph Institute addresses spiritual and social needs through ...
Yiddish is a familiar presence in contemporary English speech. Many people use or at least know the meaning of words like chutzpah (audacity), schlep (drag) or nosh (snack). These words have been ...