The Torah is poetically called a shira, a song. In the context of the mitzva to write a Sefer Torah, the word shira refers to ...

At a press conference today, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a 10-year blueprint for street safety titled Vision Zero Reimagined. The plan would bring together nineteen city agencies, ...

Exploring the connection between Pharaoh's dreams and the story of Joseph being sold into slavery.

Klemperer was deeply affected by the plight of Jews during the Holocaust and was supportive of the State of Israel and Jewish cultural institutions. His decision to conduct the Israel Philharmonic ...

(July 28, 2026 / JNS) The man who initiated the criminal trial of Jewish mohels (men who perform ritual circumcisions) in Antwerp did not represent mainstream Jewish organizations, which have shunned ...

A Brookings Institute Report claims that the pandemic has made it extremely difficult to fight against ISIS, as the high cost of fighting against the pandemic and fixing local economies will likely ...

The moment the spies confronted the land, they confronted themselves. That was the point at which the real fear began. The land did not threaten them. Its inhabitants did not threaten them. What ...

Rabbi Klein responds: Fascinating! That seems to reflect what I wrote – how the names Frida and Freyda are often conflated. And you tied it in to Shlomit, even though in my article I connected it to ...

In our Gemara on amud beis, Rabbi Yochanan instructs Rav Shaman Bar Abba that though a particular food is permitted, he should still refrain from eating it, quoting the end of the verse in Mishlei ...

Since the mid-19 th century, expositions and fairs have generated trade and relations between nations and, as early as 1898, an “International Scientific, Industrial and Philanthropic Fair” was ...

Assessments derived from commercial satellite imagery that were conducted independently by David Albright, a former United Nations weapons inspector, and Decker Eveleth, an associate research analyst ...

I disagree with those calling for a two-state solution in the Middle East. At the same time, as things stand now, everybody is a loser in this Middle East War. Those calling for a ceasefire, a ...