Abraham

Iran will eventually “rise again from [the] ashes” of the Islamic Republic, exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said.

Joseph and Judah show that true leadership is built on integrity, responsibility, and lifting others.

The parsha does not show a clash of good vs evil, but a deep disagreement about leadership and the path by which the people of Israel should take.

Jewish women today echo the values of Biblical foremothers, maintaining courage and faith in times of crisis.

We have paid a steep price for the return of our hostages. We have no choice but to uphold and reinforce the value we place on human life.

Abraham believed in the power of his connection to God and in its ability to bring about true transformation – far more powerfully than any punishment, no matter how justified.

This two-way journey of the soul – going out and then returning transformed – is the pathway to personal and national renewal.

Noah walked off the ark into a world erased. The man who carried humanity through the storm ended his life diminished and ashamed, but Abraham’s story is different...

This is our ancestral heritage, passed down through the generations, and rooted so deeply that it is part of our very nature.

We are all entitled to even the strongest of our beliefs and opinions. And yet, we should never be so sure of what we think that we are not open to a different voice, a different opinion.