Rabbi Yehoshua Looks / Jewish World blogger

In a variation on the controversial exhibit at Berlin's Jewish Museum, the soferim at Israel's ancient fortress site engage visitors with a vibrant tradition passed on through an ancient craft - the writing of our Torah.

Given that they all fall during Sefirat Ha’omer, what is the significance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Memorial Day and Independence Day for Jews in Israel and the Diaspora alike?

As parents, we must ensure our children understand that it is their behavior that is wicked; not the individual. And as parents, we must understand that our communication must emanate from unconditional love.

During Dr. Ruth Calderon’s maiden Knesset speech, the new Yesh Atid MK brought the wisdom of Torah to the parliament of Israel, along with its methodology of discourse, fostering understanding and mutual respect.

Tu Bishvat is an opportunity to direct our lives from personal winters to springs, bearing fruit that realizes our best potential.

Embarking on the decade that Jewish tradition equates with wisdom, I aspire to choose a life that sanctifies duty.

In our search for meaning, how can we presume to know ‘G-d’s mind’ as to why disasters happen? A reflection - from superstorm Sandy to the Israel-Gaza escalation.

In our engagement with the modern world, each of us must decide how fine is to be the filter we place for ourselves and for our children.

All of us are transgressors and we all need each other; atonement is to be achieved individually and communally.

What was I to say when my intermarried guest asked whether I would accept one of my children marrying a non-Jew?

A modest online community is garnering unprecedented support for Pamela Weisfeld, a young mother of two in Jerusalem who was recently diagnosed with four types of cancers.

‘When one leaves this world, the mark that is left behind is not the accumulation of degrees and material accomplishments. We live on through our family.’

To mark thirty days since the burial of my friend, a righteous convert, an eclectic caravan-family of Catholics and Jews set out to the Mount of Olives.

It was only at the funeral that I realized what had transpired to cause the delay in burying my friend, a righteous Jew by choice.

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik used to say that the true mark of a pious Jew is not that he or she is a shomer Shabbat but is a shomer Erev Shabbat.

Remembering Harry Chapin, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and Debbie Friedman, their lives and their music, enables us to become better human beings.

There is much to learn from Jewish leaders who are willing to be inconvenienced and subjected to unknowing criticism in order to protect the other.

I have two friends who don’t know each other: one is an Orthodox Jew and the other a Christian pastor. Each of us listens carefully to one another, to gain greater knowledge of our friend and of the Creator.

Where do I pray while in transit? Does G-d really want me to gather a ‘minyan’ by the airplane toilet or galley?

Offering tzedaka, which is often mistranslated as meaning charity, is by definition, righteousness, a benefit more for the giver than the receiver.

When working in the non-profit world, one must balance financial considerations with an idealistic passion for the meaning behind one’s work.

Letting others know what a good deal one gets seems to be a ‘Jewish value,’ however, this must not come at the cost of being a light unto the nations.