Some thoughts on the Chanukah Story and its historiosophical relation to גָּלוּת יָוָן

Some thoughts on today 24 Kislev and its famous prophecy in סֵפֶר חַגַּי (תְּרֵי עָשָׂר)

Parshas VaYeshev - Yaakov and Yosef "wake up," but too late!

How the Judith Story in the Apocrypha (or a different version of the story) entered orthodox rabbinic literature AND practice

Haftarah Vayeshev: Amos blasts the social injustice prevalent in his time

Parshas VaYeshev: The remarkable tale of the character-development of Joseph

Chanukah 2025: The Story of the Greeks depriving the Jews of doors and windows

The Current Big Threat to Israel from ... Turkey

Haftarah VaYishlach: Who exactly was Ovadiah?

Israel & France (and Syria) : Connecting Dots

Chanukah 2025: Was the oil in the jar in the Temple the only kosher oil available?

Parshas VaYishlach: Why does Jacob say to Esau that he observed all 613 Mitzvos?

The "בַּת עַיִן" in Historical Context (1765-1840)

Haftarah VaYeitzei: Hoshea 11:7, an extremely difficult verse to parse

What's with this Israeli preoccupation with the bodies of their dead, killed by Hamas & Co.?

Parshas VaYeitzei: What is Yaakov afraid of?

Some thoughts on Self-Hating and Self-Denying Jews in the current antisemitic climate, now and a century ago

Answering a listener's query re: allegorical interpretations of Biblical stories in ultra-orthodox sources

The Recent Posthumous Promotion of Alfred Dreyfus to General in the French Army

Haftarah Toldos: Quantity vs. quality in the performance of mitzvos. An age-old problem. Sigh