We think we know who the bad guys are in Parashat Ki Tisa. The Israelites panic. Moses has been gone too long. Forty days feels like forever. They want certainty, something tangible, something they ...

This week Joseph, hearing that his father Jacob is on the edge of death, brings his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, to see their old grandfather. Knowing that they stand before him, his eyesight ...

After the plague of hail, it seems Pharoah is close to giving in to Moses’ demands. A threat of an eighth plague, that of locusts, leads Pharoah’s courtiers to beg him to let at least the male ...

Cory Booker lambasted Donald Trump’s comments that American Jews would be “disloyal” for voting for Democrats in what amounted to an off-the-cuff d’var Torah, or sermon, while on the campaign trail in ...

There are three deferments allowed soldiers going into battle according to this week’s Torah portion, Shoftim (see Deuteronomy 20:5-8). If a person has built a new house and not yet dedicated it, ...

Jonah Wilbur, a middle school student, shares a powerful D’var Torah about the power of words. Editor’s Note: We are grateful to Jonah for sharing his D’var Torah, in which he shares about his own ...

On Saturday, February 21, 2026 (4 Adar 5786), Ethan Mesh, child of Shelly & Justin Mesh, was called to the Torah as Bet Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem. Ethan read from Parashat Terumah.