This year, once again I will be standing in synagogue along with my community for Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar....

Embracing Mourning, Finding Meaning, and Honoring Tisha B'Av

We all crave connection. And yet, one of the most difficult tasks in today’s day and age is to connect. At the heart of the month of...

There are few more celebrated milestones in life than marriage. Holy matrimony affords the opportunity to connect to another in the...

The Passover Seder is the most celebrated Jewish ritual across the globe. It provides a multi-sensory journey back in time in the here...

(First published on Aish.com) #Time-tested Jewish ideas to attain happiness. The following seven Jewish ideas can help you move in the...

(First published on Aish.com) When we appreciate that we have a literally once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become the person we will...

If you went on Amazon right now and typed in ‘happiness + books’ you would get roughly 80 000 results – all books trying to teach you the...

(First published on Aish.com on the 14th of November 2022). Can you be too smart for your own good? The influential literary critic...

(First published on Aish.com on the 6th of November 2022). A Frankenstein-like creature, made of clay, is brought to life by an old...

Laurence Hoffman (Aryeh ben Ze’ev) Eulogy Transcript Delivered by Rabbi Dr Benji Levy on 8 Cheshvan 5783 (02/11/2022) Tel Regev Cemetery...

(First published on Aish.com on the 19th of July 2022). There are always two ways to approach life - top down and bottom up. Which one is...

(First published on Aish.com on the 11th of September 2022). An illustrious poet-philosopher from Spain’s “Golden Age”, Yehuda HaLevi...

(First published on Aish.com on the 21st of August 2022). Can the human heart be tamed through education or is humanity permanently...

(First published in the Jerusalem Post on the 3rd of August 2022). However you slice it, the binding of Isaac is a story that begs for...

(First published in the Jerusalem Post on the 9th of July 2022). The tension between competing values forces most people today into one...

(First published on aish.com on the 3rd of July 2022). Artificial intelligence is reshaping the world and our place in it. Are there any...

(First published on aish.com on the 26th of June 2022). Can a moral truth ever change or does morality need constant upgrading to be...

(First published on aish.com on the 23rd of May 2022). Many years before Aristotle fathered formal logic and Plato ruminated on his cave,...

(First published on aish.com on the 31st of March 2022). Why are you reading this post? Can you control whether you read on? Aish have...