In the final scene of “The Graduate,” as the giddy runaway lovers Elaine and Benjamin take their seats at the back of a bus, we are plunged into a moment of sudden stillness that interrupts the ...

Our guest this week is Rabbi Barry Gelman, Rabbi of United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston. Rabbi Gelman received his bachelors and masters from Yeshiva University and Rabbinic Ordination from the ...

This week’s parsha opens with a very puzzling statement: God does not use the quickest route to bring the Israelites to their land, lest it lead to a desire to return to Egypt. Commentators argue ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Which approach is more meaningful and more critical? Since both are mentioned, each has validity. Indeed, when reciting the Amidah (the central prayer of the ...

Against all conceivable odds, the tyrannical Egyptian Empire is brought down to its knees by The Ten Plagues and Pharoah finally tells Moses that the Jewish slaves are free to go worship God in the ...

The Torah gives a clear message about the value of Jewish life, as we are reminded that no one should be permitted to murder Jews with impunity. In the Shirat Hayam (Song at the Sea), Moses and the ...