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Rabbi Lance Sussman This week’s Torah portion is Vayechi: Genesis 47:28 – 50:26 Like many of you, I have been watching Ken Burns’ six-part documentary on... This week’s Torah portion is Vayigash: ...

Why does the Torah begin with the Genesis story? If it is a book of Law, ask the rabbis, why not start with the first commandment? On an individual level, perhaps it teaches us that just as God first ...

The transition from family to something more begins when Jacob wrestles — physically and spiritually — and emerges ...

Jewish tradition honors Joseph as Yosef HaTzaddik — Joseph the Righteous One — precisely because of his capacity to change: ...

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” This is perhaps the most famous introduction in human history. Its meaning has sparked debate throughout millennia between theologists and ...

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Everyone has at least a few creation stories: how they were born, how they came to the career they chose, how they met their loved one. This week Jews around the world ...

JTA — Russian billionaires Petr Aven, Mikhail Fridman and German Kahn have stepped down from the board of Genesis Philanthropy Group, a major funder of Jewish causes founded by the trio, after they ...

Every summer, Brandeis University becomes a vibrant hub for pluralistic Jewish learning through Genesis, a three-week precollege program that brings together high school students from across the globe ...

The prestigious Genesis Prize – also known as the “Jewish Nobel Prize” – will be awarded this year to those working to defend Ukraine’s independence while alleviating the suffering of the people there ...

What does God expect from each of us? Each religion has laws and expectations for its adherents. Many religions expect non-adherents to accept their precepts through conversion. Judaism has a ...