With the sights and sounds of last week’s Fourth of July celebrations still vivid in my heart, I have been thinking a great ...

Just as we are told to take a leap of faith about the commandments, so are we asked to take a leap of trust about life's ...

Meet Rabbi Andrew Markowitz: a Philadelphia native dedicated to community and faith at Adath Israel in Merion Station.

Because Rabbi Akiva swept and sprinkled water and cleaned the room, the student recovered. The student said to Rabbi Akiva, ‘My teacher, you have brought me back to life! (Nedarim 40a) ...

Attending this event were the Sephardic Rabbi of Mill Basin, Yrimi Levi, the Ashkenazi Rabbi Akiva Polchak and Weisberg’s father, Rabbi Mordechai Weisberg, director of Moscow, Russia’s Jewish ...

Second Isaiah, Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai, Rabbi Akiva, Shlomo ibn Verga and Rabbi Goldstein faced much greater tragedies than we face now – and yet they managed to comfort their people.

Rabbi Akiva explained that just as fish cannot survive without water, the Jewish people cannot endure without Torah. As it is written, “For [Torah] is your life, and the length of your days ...

Rabbi Akiva, the foremost religious leader of the period, threw his moral and spiritual weight behind the revolt and deemed Bar-Kochba the messiah. After the military leader died, Akiva withdrew ...

Rabbi Akiva advocated for marital harmony and the everyday challenges of overcoming any temptations of body and mind, and most of all, placing harmony as the most important attribute of all. [4] ...

Joseph's actions in Genesis 50:19-21 are a reminder about the importance of family and forgiveness, Rabbi Akiva Block of Kehilat Kesher told Fox News Digital.

Sarah Judith Hofmann 03/22/2022 In his autobiography, rabbi Akiva Weingarten talks about why he left the ultra-Orthodox community of Satmar Hasidic Jews and what Judaism means to him today.

On April 7, another “student” of Rabbi Akiva passed away: Suzi Brozman, who spent much of her journalism career reporting for the Atlanta Jewish Times. Of course, Suzi did not study with Rabbi ...