Eli Sharabi was abducted from his home in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7th, and taken hostage by Hamas. Sharabi had never recited the Shema. Until he was in Gaza. Even though he was never a religious man ...

During the Super Bowl, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft took heat on two fronts: one, for owning the team that lost, and two, for airing an ad that quietly infuriated a large portion of the ...

To hear – even in the dark. To listen – when we feel silenced. To act – when it would be easier to despair. To love – when hate seems louder. To believe – even now. It is impossible to write this week ...

The words of the Shema prayer, arguably Judaism’s most fundamental liturgical statement, are not generally associated with the art of magic. But the arrival of a 1,500-year-old silver armband ...

Shema Yisrael, or the Shema, is the central affirmation of Judaism. The prayer expresses belief in the singularity of God, that is, in God's oneness and incomparability. Though this opening verse is ...

One of my earliest memories is of reciting the Shema each Sunday morning in heder. Although I didn’t come from a religious family – we were more your traditional three-times-a-year shul-goers – and I ...

Shema Yisrael, Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad. These words from Parashat Va’etchanan comprise the pillar upon which Jewish faith stands; our absolute belief in the one true G-d. Now, when we recite the ...

(JTA) Tens of thousands of Jews around the world joined in a collective recitation of the Shema prayer on Thursday, March 21 that was broadcast from Jerusalem’s Western Wall to support the more than ...

In the 15th hour of a shift from hell, Dr Robby went missing. When a medical student found him, in a heap in the pediatric room, he was crying. Under his breath, Robby said “Shema Yisrael, Adonai ...

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It was some time last year that I began to have a major breakthrough in my personal understanding of the Apostle Paul. I think, like many of us, I became accustomed to him often not making sense; ...