I must believe that it’s possible to fight two darknesses at once-- the relentless darkness hurled at us from outside, and the more vexing darkness we must face inside our own tent.

UC President James B. Milliken on Friday ordered all ten campuses to strictly enforce system policies against unlawful protest ahead of the two-year anniversary of October, signaling that maintaining ...

How does one celebrate their own good fortune at returning from exile, knowing that so many generations of our ancestors lived lives of misery?

Learning the secrets of the Torah while hiding in a cave, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his son drew down the light of Hashem into themselves to embody the Torah. Similarly, we must work to make ...

We must contemplate how we can harness the power of our words for good, for making a difference in what has become a path that is already far too dark.

This long-forgotten footnote to American history is worth considering both for its historical import and its relevancy to the current moment.

In this complicated moment with Israel, he tries not to be divisive from the bimah. “There is a famous saying about rabbis – afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted. I really have tried not ...

Ungar-Sargon made the leap to TV after serving as opinion editor of The Forward and deputy opinion editor for Newsweek. A columnist for The Free Press, her articles have appeared in most major ...

Some politicians write books in order to build bridges. Kamala Harris used hers as an opportunity to burn them.

Cohen said the proposal included important elements such as disarming Hamas and preventing annexation, but he remained cautious.

God, I know we are always inching closer to the world to come. And to that reality, on this Yom Kippur, before you, I’m not turning away.

The terrorist rammed his car into worshippers outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on Middleton Road before exiting the vehicle and stabbing others on Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day. The ...