Judaism

Torah

Did God Give Balaam the Grace to Utter Truth?

Local

Death as a Constant Part of Life

Torah

Is Golan Heights Part of Holy Land?

Business

Google Glass Portends Brave New Jewish World

By:

Yaffa Klugerman, JTA

Well before Google Glass is expected to be publicly available sometime in 2014, the device already is generating controversy. A few "explorers" who've been chosen to test drive it speculate how it could impact Jewish life.

Global

Oldest Known Torah Scroll Found

By:

JTA

What is being described as the oldest Torah scroll known to exist has been discovered in the library of the University of Bologna.

Torah

Living a Jewish Life Requires Other People

Shelach Lecha, Numbers 13:1-15:41

By:

Rabbi Adam Zeff

Observing Shabbat, keeping kosher, celebrating holidays, and even giving tzedakah and following ethical business practices all are only possible in the context of community.

Torah

Why Did the People Complain Over Manna?

Beha’alotecha, 8:1-12:16

By:

Rabbi Danielle Stillman

When the people complain in this week’s portion, Beha’alotecha, one of their main complaints is about the food. They want meat, and reminisce about the food they enjoyed in Egypt: fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. And they complain about the food they do have: manna. “There is nothing at all! Nothing but this manna to look to!”

Newsmakers

West Philly Rabbi Gives Benediction at Prayer Breakfast

By:

Greg Salisbury

At the second annual Prayer Breakfast for the Second Chance Foundation, Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann, founding rabbi of Kol Tzedek in West Philadelphia, was chosen to give the closing benediction to the 430 politicians, religious leaders, heads of nonprofits and activists seated in the second-floor ballroom of the First District Plaza in University City. The breakfast is one of the...