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By the Numbers
10 Biblical Heroes with Traumatic Childhoods

Many of the Bible’s most famous personalities had difficult childhoods, marked by sibling rivalry, abuse, loss of loved ones, or worse.
Your Questions
Why Don’t We Invite People to a Brit Milah?

Many have the custom to simply make the time and place known, without inviting anyone in particular to attend. Here's why.
Podcast
My 23-Year-Old, Pregnant Daughter Died in a Moment

Nechama Laber devoted her career to teaching and inspiring others through Torah and creativity. Now her work is guided by her daughter's gentle humility and devotion to others.
The Tribe and the Other

What makes righteousness Jewish? Can a person truly love all of humanity? Or does that love, spread too thin, turn into something else?
History
Parshah
What Do You Do When You Are Really Desperate?

Anxious Parshah
The Untold Story of Lot and His Daughters

The bulk of rabbinic commentators, view Lot’s daughters as women of fine and even noble intentions.
Video
Behind Every Great Jew Is a Great Mother

Sarah, the first Jewish mother, is a shining example of the great power that every woman has over her family and our entire nation. It was Sarah who insisted that Isaac, not Ishmael, continue Abraham’s progeny. It was she who raised Isaac in his formative years, instilling within him the fortitude to stand up to all tests, and to become the second Patriarch of the Jewish People.
G-d says of the prideful one, "He and I cannot dwell together in the world"
— Talmud, Sotah 5a
Print Magazine

We are more than believers. We are believers in believing.

We know the power of holding to one’s convictions and have perfect faith it will succeed.