In the 1890s, Mark Twain wrote an article about how Jews did not serve in the military of the United States.

“You stand this day, all of you, before the LORD your God—your tribal heads, your elders and your officials, all the men of Israel...

This week’s Torah portion of Ki Tavo (Deut. 26:1-29:8) teaches us how we are to enter the Promised Land....

Every Shavuot, we read from Tikkun Leil Shavuot, a holy text that includes among other readings the first and last lines of every Torah....

Have you ever wondered how it can be true that “two Jews equals three opinions, four rabbis, and five synagogues”?

This week’s portion is the beginning of the Book of Deuteronomy, which is always read immediately prior to the holiday of Tisha B’Av…

This week’s Torah reading of Pinchas (Num. 25:10-30:1) begins with a teaching about a value that is not only a requirement for Jewish....

This week’s Torah portion of Balak (Num. 22:2-25:9) is in some ways one of the most fun and outrageous readings in the Torah...

"Diversity is not about making everybody the same, but about creating a rainbow of different traditions and cultures".

Wherever we go in today’s society, we are bombarded by ads about what we should and should not be putting in our mouths.

My life changed when my sons were born. When I heard the mohel call their names, I heard myself called as the father to sons rather than ...

This week’s Torah portion of Behar (Lev. 25:1-26:2) focuses almost entirely on the importance of the Sabbath.

As we prepare for the Passover Seder, it is easy to learn so many hidden secrets and Kabbalistic understandings that we lose track of...

The Shabbat immediately preceding Passover is called “Shabbat HaGadol”, “the big Sabbath”.

“Life and Death are in the Hands of the Tongue” (Proverbs 18:21)

I once heard an eager student ask Rabbi Ronnie Serr how he should go about becoming more observant.

This week’s Torah reading are the first chapters of the Book of Leviticus…

In this final reading in the Book of Exodus, there are two important biblical concepts that are as important today as they were over 3000...

“Do not regard anyone with contempt, and do not reject anything, for there is no man who does not have his hour and nothing which does...

Idolatry. Sexual immorality. Murder. The description of the events of the Golden Calf in this week’s portion sound like the outline for...