Rereading Rahab During the Israel-Hamas War
June 20, 2024
Though she was not a general, parliamentarian or even soldier, her heroic actions have echoed for generations.
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern is Senior Adviser to the Provost of Yeshiva University and Deputy Director of Y.U.’s Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought. His books include "The Promise of Liberty: A Passover Haggada," which examines the Exodus story’s impact on the United States, "Esther in America," "Gleanings: Reflections on Ruth" and "Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land: The Hebrew Bible in the United States."
Ruth and Hollywood’s Foreign Founders
June 12, 2024
As Jews continue to navigate antisemitism from Hollywood to the Holy Land, we can draw inspiration from a very different Jewish founder, the biblical figure of Ruth, whose story we just read on the holiday of Shavuot.
The Resonance of Rabbi Goren’s Prayer for Jerusalem
May 30, 2024
As Jerusalem Day is celebrated this year, beginning Tuesday evening June 4, Rabbi Goren’s words then are worth revisiting now.
Words Forged Through Fire
May 15, 2024
Amidst the cacophonous chants of “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will be Free” and “Intifada Revolution” there remains, somehow, a controversy over the intent of these slogans.
Constituting the American Experiment
May 9, 2024
First he lived biblically, now he’s living like it’s 1787.
On Counting the Omer
April 25, 2024
It feels like we’ve been counting the Omer for around seven months now.
What Is So Great About the Shabbat Before Passover ?
April 18, 2024
Commentators have found the most Jewish of ways to understand the origin of this perceived greatness – by arguing about what exactly it means.
Shylock No More
April 11, 2024
Venice, thankfully, no longer is Shylocking its Jews, forcing the Jewish people to apologize for their self-defense.
The Promise of Liberty, from the Exodus Story On
April 3, 2024
In “The Promise of Liberty: A Passover Haggada,” readers will find, alongside the traditional Haggadah text, how American abolitionists and artists, Pilgrims and presidents, rabbis and revolutionaries, jazz musicians and generals found inspiration in the Exodus story.
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