Taking care of the physical and spiritual needs of the dead is a chesed without the slightest hope of reciprocity. But two women who regularly perform taharot—the ritual preparation of the met (dead body) for burial—think otherwise.
For an ambitious young rabbi or cantor, a congregation that only conducts services twice a year is hardly the place to build a career. But for Allan Goodkind, it's his way of doing chesed.
Perhaps it was the empty basket slung over an arm covered by a threadbare sweater sleeve or the lank braids hanging alongside a too-thin face? "She reminds me of myself," realized the...
From the very first Shabbat of their married life, over two decades ago, the Shapiros opened their home to all. Nowadays their dining room table seats about forty people.
The Landys have seven children between them, five of whom have disabilities and live at home. As they dole out a consistent diet of pure love, care and devotion, the Landys are not only achieving success, they are witnessing miracles.
Alan Reinitz has single-handedly undertaken to restore and maintain Jewish cemeteries in Hungary, many of them in small villages whose Jewish communities were completely wiped out by the Holocaust.
People would rather believe that Walid Shoebat is an undercover operative than what he is in reality—a former PLO terrorist who repented, converted to Christianity and now travels around advocating for Israel and the Jewish people.
Most people hadn’t heard of Wafa Sultan until an interview on Al Jazeera television in February 2006 propelled her into the spotlight. Since then she has been named one of Time magazine’s 100: “The People Who Shape our World.”
Growing up a Christian in Southern Lebanon, Brigitte Gabriel, like all of her peers, was taught that Jews were evil and Israel was the devil. These days, however, she is a strong advocate for the only democracy in the Middle East.
Malcolm Hoenlein effectively serves as the voice of American Jewry, representing its interests in the halls of Congress and the White House as well as in the media. In a wide-ranging interview, Hoenlein offered a glimpse into the world of high-powered Jewish diplomacy.
Modern Orthodox, Yeshivah Orthodox and the Jewish Future: A recent study suggests that American Jewry is in for a stunning and almost shocking surprise...Orthodox Judaism in America is on the ascendancy...
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