I was challenged by a friend to show where in the Torah it says that Jews need to make Aliyah, to move to Israel. I thought about it, and the truth is that there are many examples, some more direct ...

“Therefore shall you keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the Land, into which you go to possess it; that you may prolong your days in ...

From Yemenite Jews in Operation Magic Carpet to Soviet refuseniks, Ethiopian families, and Bnei Menashe from India, Isaiah’s vision has been realized in our own time. When God first spoke to Abraham, ...

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Ezra Axelrod and his husband David Restrepo founded their production company ThisTopia in 2021 to tell stories about political, social and cultural changes in Colombia. They quickly found the exact ...

Despite being warned in yeshiva high school that Israel should not be his focus, Josh Wander, an oleh from Pittsburgh now living on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives with his wife and six children, was ...

Our Sages teach us that a Jew who walks four cubits in Eretz Yisrael is rewarded with life in the World to Come. In contrast, you can walk 1,000 times around the deck of a cruise ship sailing through ...

My first memorable experience with Parashat Ki Tavo came when I was a child. My father and I were invited to a Bar Mitzvah in an Ashkenazi synagogue, and the parasha was Ki Tavo. The Bar Mitzvah ...