Faith
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As High Holidays loom US Jews uneasy but unified rabbis say
September 19, 2025 — “For many, being present in synagogue has become their way of pushing back against antisemitism,” said Rabbi Brian Strauss, who leads a Conservative synagogue in Houston.
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The Sublime Sleep of Rosh Hashana
September 19, 2025 — There’s a well-known minhag that Jews try not to sleep during the day on Rosh Hashana. The commentaries quote the Yerushalmi: “Whoever sleeps on Rosh Hashana, his mazel sleeps.”
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Two years into war Rosh Hashanah prayers reflect complex reality
September 19, 2025 — Both clergy and lay people were invited to write prayers in a compilation titled, ‘Rejoice with Trembling.’
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Fundamental lessons for life This weeks Torah portion Nitzavim
September 19, 2025 — Nitzavim, which means standing, is always read the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah and is one of the shortest portions in the entire Torah; It answers the question of whether God is more like our father or king
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Oldest organ in Christendom makes music in Jerusalem after centuries of silence
September 12, 2025 — A team of researchers studied and restored dozens of organ pipes crafted some 1,000 years ago for Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, which are now on display at the Terra Sancta Museum
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The Divine Signature Connecting science spirituality and the creation of the universe
September 10, 2025 — Mathematics and numbers are not just abstract ideas, but, as our sages tell us in so many places, they are essential to the very structure and identity of reality, revealing an inherent design where spiritual concepts and physical phenomena are deeply intertwined. The sun, for example.
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Keith Siegel says Hamas captivity strengthened his faith
August 29, 2025 — Throughout his almost 500 days of captivity, terrorists tried to convince him to convert to Islam, said Siegel.
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Parashat Chukat Simple faith
July 18, 2025 — Faith – even when things don’t make sense. Faith – even when life is hard. Even when we have questions, we will always remain steadfast in our beliefs.
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Theres something about Israel that makes people uncomfortable and its not what they say it is
July 14, 2025 — Scratch beneath the outrage, to find something deeper, discomfort not with what Israel does, but with what Israel is
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WATCH Rare 15th-Century Biblical Manuscripts Shed Light on Ethiopian Jewish Heritage
July 11, 2025 — Researchers in Israel have uncovered two handwritten biblical manuscripts from the 15th century that belonged to the country’s Ethiopian Jewish community, making them the oldest known sacred texts of their kind.
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Earliest Hebrew alphabet found at Izbet Sartah reveals surprising Israelite literacy in the Iron Age
July 11, 2025 — Part 3 of a three-part series examining the reliability of biblical scripture by exploring the archaeological site
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3000-year-old hymn sheds light on worlds first metropolis
July 3, 2025 — A lost Babylonian hymn discovered in excavations and reconstructed after being lost for 1,000 years describes women’s roles in ancient society and the city’s grandeur
