In the summer of 2000, I led the oldest camper division at Camp Ramah in the Poconos. Now 42 years old, many of my campers ...

On a mission to evacuate refugees from the Congo years ago, Sasha Chanoff and his colleague were faced with an impossible choice: Evacuate only the 112 people on their list, or at great risk, attempt ...

Add us on Google Friday’s announcement of the release of the Oriire captives sent Nigerians into a state of collective ...

FRIDAY’S announcement of the release of the Oriire captives sent Nigerians into a state of collective rejoicing. It beautifully confirmed the universality of grief’s thesis: that whether in Nchatancha ...

Several years back, around the time my first book was published, I received an invitation via my Italian publisher to speak at a large cultural festival in Rimini. Not knowing much about the Italian ...

According to Rabbi Akiva, it is the fundamental rule of the Torah. For many today — Jews and non-Jews alike — it’s the universal moral commandment. It shows up in this week’s parshat Kedoshim. In ...

(RNS) — “I realized it was that Renee Good, our kids are in school together,” read a text I received in the last 24 hours from a friend in our Minneapolis community. I did not know Renee personally, ...

We are becoming more familiar with this threatening figure. He was in Los Angeles, then in DC. He was in Chicago for nearly all of fall. He was sent to New York. He has been spotted in North Carolina, ...

Birthday of Henrietta Szold, known as the “Mother of the Yishuv,” founder of the Hadassah women’s organization and Youth Aliyah, which saved thousands of Jewish children in Europe and brought them to ...

Two years ago, on Simchat Torah, the world changed. That holiday, meant to celebrate joy and spiritual renewal, became the darkest day in recent Jewish history. Across Israel, people had gathered for ...

I’m still not sure whose idea it was for me to be Casper’s therapist—mine or his. I know I mentioned my profession to him, but I am pretty sure he was the one who engaged me that way. I also know how ...