Sigmund Freud argued that sublimation is a defense mechanism, where we take emotionally unacceptable impulses and transform them into socially conventional and constructive activities. He gives an ...

Rabbi Elchanan Shoff, the leader of Beis Knesses Los Angeles in Pico-Robertson and a local educator, is known for thinking outside the box when it comes to Torah learning. Whether he is giving a ...

Q: Is there an obligation that every Jew have a library of sacred books in his home? A: Indeed, there is an obligation. To explain the commandment, we begin with the fact that the Torah commanded ...

(JTA) — Sefaria, the app that contains a digital collection of Jewish texts, has made everything from Genesis to an essay on Jewish law and gambling accessible at the tap of a finger. But in one way, ...

Simchat Torah. It’s the Jewish holiday that comes after all the important Jewish holidays — Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot — this time of year. At the end of one Torah-reading cycle and the ...

My sons are on the threshold of being teenagers. I raised teenage girls but am just getting my feet wet with teenage boys. I was eager to read this book and hear what an expert educator who has worked ...

Like many millennial men, I spent time this summer caught up in a wave of nostalgia fueled by the premiere of “Happy Gilmore 2”, the sequel to Adam Sandler’s 1996 movie about a foul-mouthed man-child ...

Collaborative learning, aliya flashcards and tutor relationships empower rabbis to make torah chanting accessible for ...

Last week, the Jewish world lost a special individual whose life was devoted to disseminating the wisdom of Sephardic Sages. Rabbi Meir Abitbol z”l passed away between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, ...

While women have been teaching Torah for decades, few have been writing about it — and a new book writing project aims to rectify that. (JTA) — Sefaria, the app that contains a digital collection of ...