For one accustomed to seeing the workings of providence within the text, Moshe being raised in Pharaoh’s house is truly a riddle.

The Jewish desire to be buried in Israel is indeed a puzzle, one that goes back centuries.

We need to recognize both what was wrong about Yoseph’s situation, and what was right about Yoseph the leader.

Without ambivalence, change is often impossible. 

Peter Stearns of Carnegie Mellon University sees several factors behind the explosion of concern about sibling rivalry in the mid-20th century.

Throughout Jewish history, pessimism has had a profound impact on the Jewish psyche.

Chukat Akum insists a Jew must make a point of being different than others.

It is clear that Esav was fated to be a failure.

The method by which one chooses a spouse is less significant than we might imagine; there are models of both romantic and arranged marriages in the Torah.

Jews certainly know how to laugh at themselves, and to make fun of their failings.