Before we felt like nothing is happening, and I remember ever since he came into the role they were very scared of him,” Shem Tov said of Trump.

As Genesis ends with Joseph welcoming his family to Egypt, both Scripture and art point to a deeper truth: the path to redemption often begins in exile.

Omer Shem Tov, kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th, tells Bianna Golodryga how he survived starvation, isolation and mental abuse in Hamas tunnels until his release in February.

As the centuries pass, most important words change their meaning; adding new meanings to the old meanings, which are sometimes even lost. So Rabbi Judah said: If one translates a verse literally one ...

Former Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov is visiting Boston with a message — don't forget those who are still being held in Gaza.

On May 18th, the final GCJC Religious School session was marked with the celebration of the annual Lag B’Omer game day. As always, the students met for their final Children’s service in the sanctuary, ...

One of the things that the holiday commemorates is Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s death – the same sage who survived on carob ...

During Bar Kochba’s revolt against the Romans, a terrible epidemic struck Rabbi Akiva’s students, and 24,000 men lost their ...

Ten candidates are running in the Democratic and Republican primary elections next week in Lower Merion.

Lag Ba’Omer was on a Sunday that year ... attachment many have to disrespecting others or is there more to it? The Bible intimates that ritualized acts of disrespect can be addictive, in ...

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For the first time, researchers have conducted a quantified analysis of the Roman siege at Masada. The team, from Tel Aviv University’s Sonia & Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, used a blend of ...