December 1, 2024 would have been Matthew Shepard’s 48th Birthday. Not many years ago, when I was teaching a university Queer ...

Scriptural Misappropriation. Our Gemara on Amud Beis discusses the possibility that a witness might sign a document using his father’s name alone, without his name, as an i ...

Hezbollah, having lost much of its rockets and drones during the nearly 14-month long war with Israel, seeks to replenish its arsenal so that it can be battle-ready again. Hezbollah’s ultimate aim is ...

Being deeply good-hearted enables us to follow and believe in con artists and help spread even their most ridiculous and hurtful lies.

Hamas has already suffered severe losses, with Netanyahu claiming 20,000 fighters killed and its military capabilities nearly ...

Where in the world is West Refaim and why did it have its own stamp? Riddles from back when the Jewish imagination went ...

In 2020, Morocco became the fourth Arab country to normalize relations with Israel, following the United Arab Emirates, ...

Our Lord’s diatribe against hypocrites reached a crescendo in Matthew 23. In the fortissimo of an Old Testament prophet, He ...

We have here a story of the tragedy of good intentions. Honesty and openness are at the heart of strong relationships.

Without caffeine, the Supreme Leader would not be able to read 50 Shades of Grey in bed, and without his morning read, the ...

And then came the Soviets who confiscated and closed the shuls and repressed Judaism to the point of banning bar mitzvah ...

In 1986, one of the 20th century’s most important legal scholars, Robert Cover, published one of the more important works of ...