Bible

Judaism has always evolved. In a world of instant access and fading institutions, rabbinic leadership must evolve with it.

King David’s final words are not a farewell. They are a summons. A summons to responsibility, to faith and to moral resolve.

What Joseph teaches Israeli society today

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

A significant expression of their differing worldviews appears in their attitudes toward wealth – a perspective that influences all aspects of life.

Study author, University of Cambridge Professor Nathan MacDonald, described this map's inclusion as "simultaneously one of publishing’s greatest failures and triumphs.”

If Israel, like Jacob, holds fast to its mission – even in exile, even in danger, even in darkness – then the promise of Hosea still stands.

If the parasha is a saga of inheritance, of blessings fought over and destinies forged, then the haftarah is its echo, reminding us that a spiritual legacy must not merely be received, but upheld.

Jewish women today echo the values of Biblical foremothers, maintaining courage and faith in times of crisis.

Politics, the haftarah reminds us, is not inherently corrupt. It becomes corrupt when it forgets that leadership is service, not self-promotion.