At Beth Midrash Harav B’Nai Jacob, an Orthodox synagogue in Northeast Philadelphia, the community that members have fostered over the past five-plus decades is almost certainly going to last, Rabbi ...

COVID-19 vaccination has been the subject of immense scrutiny and misinformation since the vaccines were first administered in the U.S. nearly four years ago. In the first year alone, it is estimated ...

A sweeping new definition of long COVID could help affected people get recognition of their condition and improve diagnosis and treatment. The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and ...

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Trauma has become an overused word that can be confusing. You may hear some people say, “I was so traumatized because I couldn’t find the wedding flowers I wanted.” On the other hand, some people ...

This week’s Torah portion offers clues to getting though a painful moment in Jewish history, writes the executive vice president of Hadar. (JTA) — Abraham saw a world that was burning. A vivid midrash ...

In recent decades, Jewish feminist scholars have been writing on a wide variety of topics, such as commentaries on the Torah, modern feminist theologies, scholarly books in Jewish studies and much ...

In my previous article, I mentioned how my specific use of the term “midrash” is one possible strand of meaning for this multi-stranded term. I use the term to refer to a New Testament midrash that I ...

The Beirach Moshe Beit Midrash of the Satmar Hassidic movement in Jerusalem burned down on Friday night. A Beit Midrash is a study hall dedicated to the study of Torah, which often doubles as a ...

(RNS) — I will never forget the day I fell in love. It happened in the library of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where I was studying to become a rabbi. And, no, it was not with a ...