Devarim

Finding the Promised Land through Hope Eternal

By SARAH MARGLES

Instead of reacting to the ways we as a people have been treated historically by our adversaries, Jews must chose hope over reaction, forging a better world based on morality and justice.

Devarim and Tisha B'Av: Standing at the brink of redemption, amidst the destruction

By JOSEPH BERMAN

We are always standing at the Jordan, waiting to cross into the promised land of redemption. But we also mourn our exile, all of the destruction, and what we went through in our search for freedom. Our responsibility to heal the world—the work of tikkun olam—is what exists between destruction and redemption.

The Qualities of Leadership

By RABBI DAVID ROSENN

Is being God-fearing a required quality in leaders, a desired quality, or a disqualifier? How about being female?