I believe from my experiences of being present in the moments of birth and in the moments of death that there lies a remarkable — and deeply holy — closeness in how we take our first breaths and how ...

Our penultimate Torah portion is … a poem. Even allowing for the oral culture of the time, ending a book of narrative and law with song is a pleasant twist. Ha’azinu describes God’s power as creator ...

Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D. This week’s Torah portion is Ha’azinu: Deuteronomy 32:1 – 52 Nobody likes to be criticized. In my fifth year of rabbinic school, I was required to write and deliver a ...

Human history – like any great piece of literature – presents a story that is not only inspiring and dramatic on the surface but also allegorically rich with hidden meaning and deep moral lessons. The ...