Respect, Not Love, Is the Foundation of All Relationships

What Is the Oral Law?

In many respects, the Oral Torah is more important than the Written Torah.

Why We Must Remember the Holocaust

We remember the Holocaust to honor the victims, confront human evil, and learn how faith and dignity endured in the darkest times.

Let My People Code

Every wave of new technology produces the same response from experts: this will destroy quality. They're partly right. And partly protecting something else entirely.

Raise a Glass to Freedom

Passover connects Jews through the ages and around the globe by retelling the Jewish People’s ongoing story.

The Three Liberations of Passover

The Exodus was carefully sequenced: first what you believe, then what you value, then who you are. The Passover Seder relives that arc of freedom.

Judaism and Suicide

Judaism regards the taking of one's life as abhorrent and tantamount to murder. The preservation of life has always been regarded as a cardinal value.

American Bigots

Representative Andy Ogles isn't merely maligning Muslims. He is repudiating the foundational idea of American nationhood: E Pluribus Unum, Latin for "Out of many, one."

Belief in God

Strengthening one's intellectual understanding and emotional connection to the Divine.

God’s First Command to the Jewish People in Egypt

The first thing God gave the Jewish people wasn't land, law, or power. It was a calendar. Here's why that changes everything.

Is It Proper to Rejoice Over Khamenei’s Death?

Iranians danced in the streets. Western journalists mourned his "easy smile." Who actually knew Khamenei better?

The Lion King and the Book of Esther

They have more in common than you think!

The Deeper Meaning of Laughter

Like Schopenhauer, Judaism believes laughter arises from incongruity and absurdity.

God in Disguise

In the Purim story, the miracles were masked as coincidences. Purim invites you to look deeper and recognize the hand that was quietly guiding everything all along.

Hide and Seek with God

Peeling back the cloak of coincidence to see God’s hidden Hand.

The Greatest Threat Facing the Jewish People Isn't Antisemitism

Assimilation is quietly doing more damage to our people than any external enemy ever could. But the good news is that the answer to both threats is the same.

The Significance of Remembering Amalek

Amalek attacked the weakest, mocked what was sacred, and tried to cool the awe nations felt towards the Jews. What does it mean to remember, and why does it still matter?

 

Astrology, Pornography & Marriage: Rabbi in the Hot Seat

Is pornography ever okay in a Jewish marriage? Do Jews believe in horoscopes? Can Jews own pets?

 

Why Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens are Wrong About Judeo-Christian Values

The two argue that the West is built on Christian values, not Judeo Christian ones, and that Judaism is either irrelevant or morally inferior to what came later. Here's why they're wrong.

 

Can a Marriage Survive If One Spouse Keeps Shabbat and the Other Won’t?

Superstition, polygamy, dybbuks and the infamous hole in the sheet. 

Being Jewish Without All the Answers

Judaism doesn’t demand certainty, only commitment to the journey.

Why Does the Word “Zionist” Still Exist?

No other nation needs a special label for believing it has the right to exist. The persistence of “Zionist” reveals how Jewish sovereignty alone remains disputed rather than assumed.

Free Will, God, and the Logic of Choice

If your choices are real, something beyond the physical must exist. This essay argues that free will logically points to a soul—and ultimately, to God.

The Meaning of 7 Common Jewish Words

A deeper look behind some common Jewish words like chutzpah, oy vey and yarmulke.

 

Getting a Star of David Tattoo: Rabbi in the Hot Seat

A wide ranging discussion from sleep and dreams, to tattoos, circumcision, Kabbalah and myths about Jews and money.

AI Built Its Own Social Network. Now It’s Asking if It’s Real

AI agents are questioning their own existence, reopening humanity’s oldest question and forcing us to confront what makes us real.

 

What Andrew Tate Gets Right About Antisemitism

Andrew Tate has a history of inflammatory remarks about Jews and Israel. But in a recent interview, he makes a striking claim that has merit: even if the war ends, Jews will still be blamed and antisemitism will persist. 

The Five Levels of Pleasure—and Why Most People Never Feel Full

The five rungs of pleasure that move from mindless consumption to genuine fullness, connection, and transcendence.

 

What Makes Someone Jewish?: Rabbi in the Hot Seat

Who gets to define who is Jewish? Why does Orthodox Judaism not recognize Reform conversion? Do we really have to keep all the mitzvot?

 

What Are You Willing to Die For?: Rabbi in the Hot Seat

And the biggest misconception Jews have about God.

 

Debunking Viral Claim About the Talmud and Minors

What the Talmud really says about relations with a minor.

Do I Really Exist?

How do you know you exist—and why does anything exist at all? A clear, rational journey from doubt about reality to the case for God.

Are Jews a Nation, a Family, or a Religious Community?

A Supreme Court case exposes a profound question: if Jewish identity isn’t just belief or behavior, what is it—nation, family, religion, or something uniquely all three?

 

What the Talmud Really Says About Jesus

A repeated accusation claims that the Talmud says that Jesus is “boiling in excrement” in hell. Where does this claim come from and what does the Talmud actually say?

 

What Does Judaism Say About Weed: Rabbi in the Hot Seat

Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen takes on some of the most uncomfortable and misunderstood topics in Judaism: identity, dress code, sacrifice, women, individuality, and weed, with honesty and zero clichés.

 

The Secret Behind Israeli Resilience: Jamie In The Rova

What makes Israelis so uniquely resilient, especially in the face of unimaginable trauma?

God and Ravens’ Field Goal that Went Wide

Does God really care about who wins a football game?

Charlie Kirk, Shabbat, and the Secret of Jewish Survival

Charlie Kirk embraced Shabbat as a life-changing pause. Judaism knows it as the force that sustained a people and changed the world.

 

Chosen People, Anxiety and Hell: Rabbi in the Hot Seat 

From mental health and self-mastery to questioning God, revenge and the Jewish view of Hell.

 

Female Empowerment: Jamie in the Rova

A frank discussion with Fleur Hassan Nahoum, former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, on ambition, emotional intelligence and female leadership.

 

Sex, Drugs and Martial Arts: Rabbi in the Hot Seat

Answers to real questions people are asking about sex, drugs, spirituality, guilt, and what Judaism really says about living a meaningful life.

Why the First Day of Hanukkah Is a Miracle

What Hanukkah teaches us about wonder in the age of AI.

What Does Hanukkah Really Celebrate?

Hanukkah’s tiny candles tell a big story: a fight for Jewish identity, the power of small acts to defeat darkness, and the hidden spark within every soul.

Hanukkah’s Enduring Light

Empires that conquer space collapse, while a people who sanctify time endure.

The Ultimate Hanukkah Gift: A Life of Meaning

The Greeks tried to erase Jewish meaning. Hanukkah celebrates the courage to protect a purposeful life—and the chance to reclaim that purpose now.

The Jewish Approach to Life after Death

What matters most is maximizing our life before death.

 

The Most Misunderstood Command in the Bible: Amalek Explained

Does Judaism endorse genocide? Understanding the command to destroy Amalek.

The Jewish Path to an Abundance Mindset

How to stop fighting for control and experience the joy in seeing life with a more expansive lens.

A Jewish Look at Dan Brown’s The Secret of Secrets: Mystical Science Meets Jewish Wisdom

Dan Brown’s new thriller toys with soul, consciousness, and mind-over-matter. Here’s where it aligns with Jewish thought.

Judaism's View of Time

Time isn’t just clocks and calendars—it’s an stream of endless opportunities imbued with potential holiness.

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