"Diversity is not about making everybody the same, but about creating a rainbow of different traditions and cultures".

“This is the decree [chukat] of the Torah” (Numbers 19:2). Isn’t it amazing how, as we get older, our parents seem to become wise?

We are all aware of the terrible shooting that occurred while celebrating America’s independence in Highland Park

The following teaching is in memory and honor of the founding leaders of this nation.

I’ve always held the belief that if three or more diverse cultures have the same teaching, that teaching may be worthwhile and worth...

Wherever we go in today’s society, we are bombarded by ads about what we should and should not be putting in our mouths.

My life changed when my sons were born. When I heard the mohel call their names, I heard myself called as the father to sons rather than...

In the 1890s, Mark Twain wrote an article about how Jews did not serve in the military of the United States. In response to that, 63....

It is the right, privilege, and moral obligation for political leaders of this nation to serve the citizens of the United States....

This week’s Torah portion of Behar (Lev. 25:1-26:2) focuses almost entirely on the importance of the Sabbath.

With a subject like abortion, where people are easily controlled by their passions, it becomes easy to base our opinions on what we “feel”..

For those who still live in a world of pink unicorns and think that there is no longer mainstream hate and anti-Semitism, I suggest that....

Often called “the holiness code”, this week’s Torah reading is, in some ways, the very essence of Judaism.

And Aaron shall place lots upon the two he goats: one lot “For the Lord,” and the other lot, “For Azazel.” –Lev. 16:8

The Shabbat immediately preceding Passover is called “Shabbat HaGadol”, “the big Sabbath”.

“Life and Death are in the Hands of the Tongue” (Proverbs 18:21)

I once heard an eager student ask Rabbi Ronnie Serr how he should go about becoming more observant.

This week’s Torah reading are the first chapters of the Book of Leviticus…

In this final reading in the Book of Exodus, there are two important biblical concepts that are as important today as they were over 3000...

“Do not regard anyone with contempt, and do not reject anything, for there is no man who does not have his hour and nothing which does...