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D'var Torah: The Hallmarks of a Good Leader
47+ min ago (579+ words) This week's Torah portion is Pinchas: Numbers 25: 10 " 30: 1 The Torah offers a remarkably relevant answer as Moses approaches the end of his life. God tells Moses to ascend a mountain and gaze upon the Promised Land that he will never enter....
Torah, Not Bagels, Sustains the Jewish Future
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (647+ words) Categories: Front Page /" Features July 2, 2026, 7 AM ET Our daughter Alisa did. Nearly fifty years ago, Alisa announced that she was going to a Jewish school. Roz and I smiled. We were proud Jews. We belonged to a synagogue, celebrated the holidays,…...
Paraha Pinchas: The power of ruach
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (1123+ words) By Michael R. Mantell, Ph. D. , in El Cajon, California This week's parsha opens where last week's left off. In the midst of a devastating plague brought on by public immorality, Pinchas acted decisively to stop a blatant desecration of Hashem's name....
Korah's descendants: this week's parashah, Pinchas
4+ hour, 51+ min ago (335+ words) The descendants of Korah did not die" Numbers 26: 11 Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur In Numbers 16: 32 we read that all of Korah's people were swallowed up by the earth, yet here we are informed that his descendants survived. There are further biblical…...
The Kapaun Virtue
19+ hour, 5+ min ago (818+ words) Even in our screen-driven, fast-food comfortable lives, Kapauns can be formed. When Venerable Emil Kapaun's earthly remains were returned home to his native Kansas in 2021, Sgt. 1st Class Herbert Miller, at attention from his wheelchair, extolled him: "You don't have 'em…...
What happened to the sons of Korach?
17+ hour, 55+ min ago (39+ words) When thoughts of repentance arose in the hearts of the sons of Korach, they were moved to atone for their dishonor, by an offering of praise found in the Book of Psalms. What happened to the sons of Korach?...
Longing for the land; A prophet for difficult times
18+ hour, 13+ min ago (1529+ words) Dvar Torah Parashat Pinchas: Longing for the Land of Israel Parashat Pinchas contains one of the most moving expressions of love for the Land of Israel in the entire Torah. It does not come from a prophet delivering an impassioned…...
Poem: I, too, sing Ave Maria
14+ hour, 22+ min ago (577+ words) Zye E. Seems reflects on Black Catholic identity, suffering, and resistance in her BCM debut. Black Catholic Convert I am," Grandchild" of the Baptist choir's deepest tenor sliver of a sliver of a sliver. I learn to praise with an its…...
The Blogs: What the Torah's Animal Laws Were Always Pointing Toward
21+ hour, 23+ min ago (246+ words) Isaiah: "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts. I do not delight in the blood of bulls." Amos: "I hate, I despise your feasts. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings…...
Rabbi's "Thought for the Week' will bring Jewish values to non-Jewish audience
23+ hour, 28+ min ago (553+ words) Rabbi Shlomo Levin is the Emeritus Rabbi of South Hampstead Synagogue A leading rabbi is launching a new video series, which he is hoping will capture the imagination of the non-Jewish world. In his new Thought for the Week, Rabbi…...