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Yael Chaya Miriam Gray

Nov 12, 2025, 12:07 PM

Sarah, In Her Own Words (At Least As I Imagine Them)

I was not born to be a footnote. I was born abrasive as a spice jar — keep me on the shelf and I will season the whole kitchen. If you want to know my story, listen to me:...

Robert Lichtman

Nov 3, 2025, 9:30 PM

It’s true, Jews have a superpower

We meet Abraham when God does. And when we do, we know nothing about him other than his lineage and that his family is on the move towards Canaan. Here is what we think we know. Abraham searched for God...

Nov 3, 2025, 9:23 PM

Holden Caulfield Would’ve Hated Lech Lecha

Last week I did something I don’t normally do: I read that week’s Torah portion, Lech Lecha. It was also around the same time I finished my first reread of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. I would not...

Shamai Leibowitz

Nov 3, 2025, 9:23 AM

The Only Person Who Ever Named God

Challenge yourself with this interesting question: Who was the only person in the Bible to give God a name? First, think about it, and make a guess - based on your knowledge or intuition. Then, continue reading - and you'll be...

Nov 2, 2025, 5:19 PM

Lech Lecha: A Letter to Abraham — From a Son to His Spiritual Father

Rabbi Moshe ben Yisrael Shlita (Mikhail Salita) My dear father Abraham, I write to you with reverence and love. You are the father of our people, and thus you are also my spiritual father. When I read in the Torah the...

Reuven Chaim Klein

Nov 1, 2025, 10:48 PM

The Princess & the Prophetess – Sarah, Sarai, Iscah, Jessica

From the moment that Abraham’s wife is introduced in Genesis 12:29 and for the next five and a half chapters, her name is always given as Sarai (seventeen times). In Genesis 17:15, Hashem tells Abraham that his wife Sarai’s name should...

Nov 1, 2025, 10:07 PM

Lot the Ruthless?

Abraham was a great man. He not only spoke with God, but even at one point argued with him. He was both a successful warrior and a flexible peacemaker. He fathered many children with three different partners. He was...

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Nov 1, 2025, 10:06 PM

Lech Lecha: The Courage to Begin Anew

“Go forth from your land, your birthplace, and your father’s house… and I will bless you… and all the families of the earth shall be blessed through you.” (Bereshit 12:1–3) Avraham’s first calling is not a command of comfort but...

Oct 31, 2025, 7:21 PM

The Road of the Ivri

There is a story told of a man who was captured behind enemy lines during war. To his horror, he was sentenced to death by firing squad. However, the captain gave the man another option. He told him, "You...

Oct 31, 2025, 6:39 PM

Don’t Get Too Comfortable!

With the upcoming Mayoral elections in New York, many Jews are wondering how their relationship to the city may change and whether it is time to relocate. It is certainly not the first time in history that Jews have...

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