Our guest this week is Rabbi Susan Leider, Rabbi of congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon, CA. Rabbi Leider received her Bachelor of Music and Masters of Fine Arts degrees from the University of ...

Our special guest this week is Rabbi Gideon Sylvester, the British United Synagogue's rabbi in Israel and Senior Rabbinic Educator in Israel for T'ruah – The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. Prior to ...

Is public protest an effective means of bringing about change? While many insist on its value, some have argued that demonstrations on behalf of Jewish causes precipitate anti-Semitic backlash. The ...

THAT IS what happens in this week’s Torah portion. After his wrestling match with the stranger, Jacob undergoes a change of personality, a transformation. He gives back to Esau the blessing he took ...

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.-Carl Gustav Jung After twenty years, Jacob escapes from his treacherous father-in-law, ...

Nationhood is hard. Forming a cohesive people able to take the reins of its own national promise is a tortuous journey. It typically entails internal battles within the polity, and external ones with ...

Could Jacob’s altercation with a mysterious man have been the beginning of a process of repentance for having taken the blessings from his brother Esau? Interestingly, Jacob calls the name of the ...

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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

Jacob has spent twenty long years in the service of his father-in-law, Laban, in the town of Haran. He finally leaves, takes his four wives and twelve children with him, and makes his way back to ...