Between October 1993 and January 8, 2001 – the month President Bill Clinton left office – Hamas executed twenty-one suicide ...

In last weekend’s Magazine, Michael Freund wrote an excellent article explaining why we must dance again on Simchat Torah. He ...

The rabbi of Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan compared Trump's administration to the 30 days of mourning and detachment that ...

The tragedies and horrors of the Shabbos and Simchas Torah of 5784 – aka October 7 – were clearly a catalyst in his decision to publish this sefer. The book opens with an allusion to those ...

In our time, many have suggested that the tragedy which befell us on Simchat Torah, leading to the war in Gaza, was preceded by a virulent lack of unity in Israel. As Purim approaches, it is an ...

The Two-State Solution and elevating Arafat from a terrorist to a politician was an invention of the naïve Israeli left, not a Palestinian idea. But Arafat stayed a terrorist, wanted all of it, and ...

High Holy Days: A term often used to describe the holidays falling during the Hebrew month of Tishrei (often overlapping with September and October), the High Holy Days/Holidays include Rosh Hashanah, ...

It is a holiday of celebration for the mere purpose of God and Israel delighting in each other (Note: in the Reform movement, Simchat Torah and Shemini Atseret are celebrated on one day). Simchat ...