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Tent in the desert, illustrative

The Israelites and Midianite women: What really happened in the tent?

By NECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH

WHY WAS Balaam so amazed when he saw the tents in the Israelites’ camp?

Parashat Balak: Loyalty to family and nation

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Democracy, illustrative

Democracy and the Jews: Democracy, its demons and interplay with religion

By MOSHE TARAGIN

MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON, the beloved Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Reflections on the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson

By STEWART WEISS

A memorial at the site of the Lietukis Garage massacre of Jewish Men in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Lithuanian lawmakers honor an alleged perpetrator of Holocaust pogrom

By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA

Palace of the Ruzhin dynasty in Sadhora on postcard

Rare file reveals the escape of the Ruzhiner Rebbe from Tsarist Russia

By ALEX WINSTON

THE PAINTING ‘David Giving Thanks to God After the Death of Goliath’ by Charles Errard.

YouTube series addressing 3,000 of Jewish history premiers June 29

By ZACHARY KEYSER

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MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON, the beloved Lubavitcher Rebbe.

100,000 people attended Zoom commemoration for Rabbi Menachem Schneerson

By LAURA E. ADKINS/JTA

JEWISH MUSICIANS in Russia, 1890: The exiled Jews in the second era of Judaism were perceived by Europeans just as they were by the Edomites.

The age-old question: Is God still with Israel?

‘IT WOULD be mistaken to think that God gives commands that are meaningless.’

Parashat Chukat: Logic and obedience

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

BEIT MEIR Synagogue, named after Rabbi Meir Abuhatzeira.

So many synagogues – Ashdod

By JACOB SOLOMON

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Israeli border policewomen chat with local residents at the entrance to Bnei Brak as Israel enforces a lockdown of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish town badly affected by coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Bnei Brak, Israel April 3, 2020

How has coronavirus impacted the Jewish world?

By ROSSELLA TERCATIN

SOCIALLY DISTANT prayer at the Western Wall on March 15.

Praying for governments with disagreeable policies

By SHLOMO BRODY

WE SEE money-hungry traitors versus a devoted and incorruptible leader. But when the story was unfolding, this was not clear.

Parashat Korach: Which side to choose?

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

CHABAD EMISSARIES engage with IDF soldiers, offering to lay tefillin, at a staging area near the border with Gaza during Operation Protective Edge in July 2014.

Light unto the nations: Chabad’s relationship with Zionism

By ALEX WINSTON

MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON, the beloved Lubavitcher Rebbe.

A meeting with Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

Chabad emissaries (shluchim) attending their annual international conference at Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn in November 2019.

Twenty-six years after his death...the Rebbe’s beat goes on

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Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab by William Blake, 1795

Our Jewish ancestors: Harlot entrapment, premarital sex and mixed marriage

By AVRAHAM AVI-HAI

Israelis hold flags and walk on the walls surrounding Jerusalem’s Old City while celebrating Jerusalem Day on May 21

Reflections on Yom Yerushalayim

By RABBI RAYMOND APPLE

‘TO BE involved in the modern world, ipso facto means to live a life of constant compromising of Orthodoxy’s rigorous norms.’

On modern Orthodoxy

By AHARON E. WEXLER

USING WOOL to prepare the thread for the making of tzitzit.

Parashat Shelah: Reality and tzitzit

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Eduard Shyfrin: I realized that I had to answer certain questions for myself about life and death and God

The meeting of Kabbalah and science

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

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IS USING ketoret as a mystical means to combat death a hassidic innovation?

Can the incense prayer be used to combat plagues?

By LEVI COOPER

DESERT WANDERINGS: The Jewish Nation’s beginnings.

Parashat Beha'alotcha: A story of humility and sensitivity

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Border Police go about coronavirus inspections in Mea Shearim, a haredi neighborhood in Jerusalem.

Coronavirus and prayer: Embracing the impact of the virus on all of us

By STEWART WEISS

Protesters flee tear gas during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of African-American man George Floyd, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. May 29, 2020.

Jewish history shows the consequences of tolerating police brutality

By HENRY ABRAMSON/JTA

THERE IS one area where I would like to see Israel take a page from the American playbook: legalization of cannabis.

Researchers: Ancient Israelis used cannabis in ceremony

By CELIA JEAN

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Antisemitic graffiti near a London Underground station. The graffiti reads “dirty f***ing Jew” beside an image of a swastika.

Woman arrested in vandalism of Texas synagogue

By MARCY OSTER/JTA

DRESSED IN their Shavuot best in the Northern Negev.

Shavuot: Time for renewal of covenant and unity

By YITZ GREENBERG

‘HAVING CHOSEN God, the Torah is God’s response to us.’ Pictured: The Yanov Torah, rescued from the Holocaust.

The Israeli Har Sinai

By MOSHE TARAGIN

IF THE woman in question is guilty, the bitter waters will have an effect on her body.

Trial by ordeal: The ritual used to test women accused of adultery

By NECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH

AN AMERICAN synagogue sanctuary adorned with greenery in honor of Shavuot.

Shavuot 5780: A holiday of process

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

‘MOSES WITH the Ten Commandments,’ Philippe de Champaigne, 1648: Why not read them every day?

Whatever happened to the Ten Commandments?

By DAVID GOLINKIN

THE MISHNA describes people presenting their first fruits with the fanfare of a majestic parade through the streets of Jerusalem.

Israel and the Diaspora share a new song for Shavuot

By ILANA FODIMAN-SILVERMAN

A CANDIDATE for conversion, having successfully passed, tearfully recites the ‘Shema’ prayer.

The state of conversion in Israel

By SHERYL ABBEY

YAEL BELENKY, manager at Giyur K’Halacha

The Giyur K’Halacha option

By SHERYL ABBEY

FORMER JEWISH Agency chairmain Natan Sharansky speaks at an ITIM Annual Conversion Conference with Rabbi Nahum Rabinovitch (to his right) and Farber (to his far right).

In Ruth’s footsteps: Israeli converts tell their stories

By SHERYL ABBEY

Rabbi Wintroub's letter to Rabbi Kook, 1929.

1929 letter to Rabbi Kook over Jewish ownership of Western Wall discovered

By LEON SVERDLOV

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THE MANAGEMENT team at Anchor Steel and Conveyor Company, 1965

The takeover of the Levites and emergence of a Jewish elite

THE POWER of tzitzit: A haredi man gets dressed after immersing in a mikveh near a water spring in Bat Ayin

Parashat Bamidbar: The book of the holy nation

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

WOMEN PRAY at a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Nahlaot neighborhood

May a woman be a leader in the Orthodox Jewish community?

By Rivkah Lambert Adler

‘IT IS the text that brought the people into being.’

Torah: The unavoidable and disturbing text

By NATHAN LOPES CARDOZO

‘Moses the Prophet’ by artist Arthur Szyk, 1918

Shavuot in American history

By DAVID GEFFEN

TPOH Co-Chair Peggy Shapiro presents Rabbi Weissberg an award at its 2019 Gala

Rabbi Victor H. Weissberg: A legacy of Jewish life

By BRADLEY MARTIN

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Jews keeping up with traditions despite coronavirus outbreak

By ILANA BELFER/ JTA

Baruch Hashem Messianic Synagogue in Dallas, Texas

Orthodox rabbis are increasingly split over safety of communal prayer

By SHIRA HANAU/JTA

ORTHODOX Jews in prayer

Zoom Judaism helps us in crisis - Opinion

By AVIGAYIL HALPERN/ JTA

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Orthodox Jews of the Satmar Hasidim celebrate Lag BaOmer in the village of Kiryas Joel

The message of Lag Ba'omer is that we can recreate the world anew

By WARREN GOLDSTEIN

MEN OBSERVE social distance during a morning prayer in Meron on May 1.

Introducing Jewish Law live: Halachic discourse in time of coronavirus

By SHLOMO BRODY

COLLECTING ONIONS in a field in the Judean Valley. The farmer must let his fields lay fallow during the shmita year.

Parashat Behar-Bechukotai: Humility as a condition for Torah

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Rabbi Tovia Singer

Tovia Singer: Gospel channel targets vulnerable Jews in attempt to convert

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An Orthodox Jewish man wears a mask while talking on a cellphone in the Orthodox Jewish community of the Borough Park neighborhood during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., April 30, 2020.

Minyanim in our community a dangerous violation of Jewish law - comment

By RABBI HERSHEL BILLET/JTA

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After a year of trial-and-error, the Hebrews built a Tabernacle – so that God could dwell within them

Parashat Emor: A life of ‘kiddush Hashem’ – sanctifying the Name of God

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

AN EMBROIDERED hallah cover: ‘So it’s not proper to embarrass the inanimate bread, but your wife you can humiliate?!’

Do we worship Hashem or Halacha?

By STEWART WEISS

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Almond trees blossom on the Golan Heights

Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: Partnership, faith and humility

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Then-Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper (right) looks at a Bible with Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, 2014

Who wrote the Bible?

By MARTIN LOCKSHIN

Non-Jews employed sacrifice in an effort to transcend to a higher state, including by consuming the 'lifeblood' of animals

Animal sacrifice in Judaism: From spiritual ecstasy to self-perfection

By JACOB DALLAL

Non-Jews employed sacrifice in an effort to transcend to a higher state, including by consuming the 'lifeblood' of animals

Animal sacrifice in Judaism: From spiritual ecstasy to self-perfection

By JACOB DALLAL

Avigdor Kahalani.

Remembering the stories of Israel's military heroes on Independence Day

Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Opening ceremony – Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium - Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 9, 2018 - Alexei Bychenko of Israel carries the national flag.

After 72 years, Israel's Declaration of Independence still stands

By JANE BIRAN

WILL THE bonds with the Diaspora break?

The 5 million members of the Palestinian Jewish Diaspora

By RAYMOND APPLE

‘TODAY THE State of Israel’s identification with Jewish nationhood is under attack from all sides.’

What does ‘a Jewish state’ mean?

INDEPENDENCE DAY Flags.

Remembering why we are in Israel on the 72nd Independence Day

By DVORA WAYSMAN

A Sabra sports car.

Remembering the surprising history of Israeliana

By HAGAY HACOHEN

President Harry Truman: The first to recognize the Jewish state.

Israel's Independence Day through American eyes

By DAVID GEFFEN

Members of 2 SAS on parade for an inspection by Gen. Montgomery, following their successful participation in the capture, behind enemy lines, of the port of Termoli in Italy. On the left is Maj. E. Scratchley DSO, commanding the SAS detachment, while on the right is Capt. Roy Farran holding a German

A murder-mystery story from the British Mandate era

President Reuven Rivlin with members of the Our Common Destiny Forum at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.

Our Common Destiny: The ties that bind Israel and the Diaspora

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

Celebrating Passover in New York with Israeli wine.

The changing face and focus of Zionism 72 years after Israeli independence

Naomi Stuchiner, the founder of Beit Issie Shapiro in Ra’anana.

Meet Naomi Stuchiner winner of the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement

By BENJY SINGER

Noam: Teaching on Zoom is difficult and requires more effort than teaching in the classroom.

Meet Prof. Noam Vered, the 1st woman to win the Israel Prize for Talmud

By LINDA GRADSTEIN

Diaspo President Reuven Rivlin and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi host a Zoom call with lone soldiers in Israel and around the world on April 7, instead of hosting them at the President’s Residence as in previous years.

Rivlin's telediplomacy during the coronavirus pandemic

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

Maj. A, who usually researches Iran’s nuclear project, stands outside the National Coronavirus Information Center.

IDF intelligence’s constant eye on coronavirus and Iran

By ANNA AHRONHEIM

The Israeli flag is displayed on the Tel Aviv municipality building on Rabin Square, as Israel celebrates it's 72th Independence Day under lockdown due to the Coronavirus. April 28, 2020

Israel still stands strongly on 72nd Independence Day

An Israeli rabbi walks alongside the body of Eliahu Bakshi-Doron, the former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, who died from complications of the coronavirus

Burial societies, funeral homes are busy. Cremation isn’t the answer.

By RABBI SHLOMO BRODY/JTA

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Brazil

'Final moments' prayer uploaded online for isolated coronavirus patients

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Iyar: Making days count‏

By DEVORAH KUR

Limited priestly blessing takes place during Passover at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, April 12, 2020

Is the coronavirus revolutionizing the way Jews pray?

By YOEL COHEN

A mikveh [ritual bath]

Our proximity to holiness requires our utmost caution

By NECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH

LEPROSY, PLATE LXX from Prince Albert Morrow, 1889

Parashat Tazria-Metzora: What benefit is there to quarantine?

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Kaddish

How the Kaddish prayer can bridge two worlds together

By ZALMAN EISENSTOCK

Shacharit sevice takes place over Zoom

Synagogues are planning for a socially distanced High Holidays

By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA

A Tango in Auschwitz

A Tango in Auschwitz - a song of optimism sung in the Nazi camps

By AMIT NAOR / NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL

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After a year of trial-and-error, the Hebrews built a Tabernacle – so that God could dwell within them

Inauguration of the Tabernacle first step in evolution of Judaism

THIS IS a good time for strengthening deep family relationships: Gedalyahu family, 1948, Petah Tikva

Parashat Shmini: Clarity and lucidity of a spiritual leader

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Prayer at the Western Wall, Jerusalem

Praying for everybody during coronavirus, Jews and non-Jews

By MOSHE TARAGIN

Cantor Israel Nachman

Cantor- the messenger of prayers: Israel Nachman on the joys of hazzanut

By BASIA MONKA

THE BOSKOVICE Torah scroll resides today in Congregation Brith Sholom in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

The Torah scroll of Boskovice finds a new home in Pennsylvania

By CHARLES TICHO

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