
America is Different
It is time for American Jews to take control of their destiny. Just like they have in the past.
Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz is the Senior Rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in New York.

It is time for American Jews to take control of their destiny. Just like they have in the past.

Anyone who has watched an idea smothered by a committee knows how destructive criticism can be. But it is natural; change is anxiety-provoking.

Life demands that we find meaning, and with it comes a sense of purpose that gives us the strength to endure.

Faith in the foxhole is the recognition that with faith, you are never alone.

AI is accelerating our decline into a monoculture, where everything sounds the same, a culture that is dull and unoriginal.

Why didn’t the Torah provide any rituals for Shavuot? And why was it so important for Jews to create their own customs?

You must keep one foot in the sanctuary even while going out to war; and you must go out to war even when your heart yearns to remain in the sanctuary.

Words can leave behind the deepest scars and wounds that never heal.

Jews fulfill their mission through exemplary behavior; our calling is to inspire the world to hear God’s word.

Hatred is an ever-present instinct, and like its opposite, love, it can blossom into a full-blown passion.