Since 1989, through special government permissions, about 4,000 Bnei Menashe have been able to make aliyah, but just as many ...
Two Palestinian youth react to the news of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas from Khan Younis. Ramadan Abed/Reuters A long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is finally underway, and now ...
Joseph and Moses live different lives at different times with different leadership styles. But one thing is exactly the same: a shared passion for a vibrant Jewish future.
Joseph, the prime minister of Egypt, learns of this and comes to his father in the land of Goshen with his two sons, Manasseh ...
Anyone who truly wants change must begin with himself – to be better, more generous, more understanding, and more open to differing views.
The prophecy of Jacob over Judah is a profound statement of expectation of the coming Messiah, in which every word – indeed ...
Accountability, as Jacob teaches, cannot stop at convenience or power. On his deathbed, Jacob held three of the twelve tribes ...
At the heart of this transition are two “secret powers” embodied by our forefather Jacob: humility and truth. These were not just abstract virtues; they were the tools Jacob used to single-handedly ...
The final paradoxical line — that they should “grow abundantly like fish within the land” — ties it all together. Fish ...
The Midrash identifies Manasseh and Ephraim not only as concrete individuals, but also their descendants Yehoshua and Gideon.
The Diaspora Blessing Joseph had been away from home for twenty-two years, but his home, his upbringing, had never abandoned ...
It speaks not only to the drama unfolding in this week’s Torah portion but also to the deepest fault lines in Jewish history ...