Jewish Thought

How does a person committed to truth deal with all the gray areas in life that necessarily arise?

Historically, the outside world has always contributed greatly to uniting the Jewish people. In Auschwitz they...

Temple Valley Beth Shalom decorated for Shavuot. Photo published under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike. When...

Moses Mendelssohn, 1729-1786 History tends to judge people far differently than their contemporaries do. Many people...

Plaque at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel. Photo by David Shay. Published under the...

  The Rambam's house in Fez, Morocco Just as with Rashi, it is impossible for the...

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki One of the tendencies of modern historiography is to debunk past heroes. Revisionist...

"Joseph Makes Himself Known to His Brethren" by Gustave Dore Individuals make history. It may seem...

The whole world reads newspapers. The whole world watches news. But even though we all hear the same facts, the...