When examining various English translations of the Torah, I notice that about half translate shema from Shema Yisrael as “Hear, Israel” and the other half as “Listen, Israel.” Does this choice reflect ...

At the banquet of the most recent Chabad Kinus HaShluchim, one presentation in particular made a deep impression on me. It was a speech by Rabbi Yehoshua Sudakoff of Ramat Gan, a rabbi who is deaf ...

I grew up praying to a god in a language I did not understand. In particular, as an observant Conservative Jewish American (that is, “Conservative Jewish, not “conservative, Jewish”), I grew up ...