Every Shabbos, Jews in synagogues of all denominations hear the cantor, rabbi or a layperson chant that week’s Torah portion from an open scroll. But Yiddish scholar Sheva Zucker says you don’t need ...

1620, Pilgrim leader William Bradford, later the Governor of Plymouth Colony, reading the Mayflower Compact on board the Mayflower off the coast of what became known as Massachusetts. (Photo by ...

Rebbetzin D’Vorah Miller shares short, and meaningful insights into the weekly parsha as well as the Jewish holidays. This interview contains key insights about dealing with some of life’s challenging ...

Rabbi David Kasher, associate rabbi at IKAR, is a self-described “Torah nerd.” For five years, he kept up a weekly parsha blog and became totally immersed in Torah commentary. He had books open all ...

In this week’s Parsha Yaakov passes away. The brothers are now fearful of a vendetta from Yosef. They suspect that Yosef was only kind to them because their father was alive out of deference to their ...