Fayge Young works as a copyeditor, copywriter, librarian, and writer. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother with a passion for Torah education and the Jewish people. Baking cookies fits in somewhere.

Rabbbeinu Bachye finds it problematic to accept the literal interpretation that Hashem somehow erred, requiring our intercession on His behalf. He explains that the real purpose of this mitzvah of the ...

Striking the right balance between Torah and one’s livelihood is a tricky business. Especially since making a living is a mitzvah in itself.

The IRS announced last week that it will break with a long-standing rule and now allow houses of worship to endorse candidates for political office without losing their tax-exempt status. Since 1954, ...

Exhibited here is a page from the November 1, 1884 Illustrated London News, which was accompanied by the following description of the service at the Bevis Marks Synagogue in London commemorating ...

We might think ancient society was cruel to women – and in many ways, the ancient world did not sufficiently protect individual rights – but I can’t think of anything more cruel than the modern ...

In truth, though, as recent events in the Middle East demonstrate, the relationship between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu was a function not of them complimenting each other but rather ...

So where do we go from here? Don’t ask me. I have difficulty making decisions that affect my own life, let alone those of millions.

We don’t wait for spirituality to come to us; we proactively seek it out. We don’t let time wash over us; we actively ride the waves of time.

It’s no accident that the universities with the most radical anti-Israel protests – in which bloodthirsty slogans in support of Hamas are commonplace – are also among those with the largest fore ...

Working six days and resting on the seventh reminds us that Hashem did the same when He created the world. Shabbat is a weekly reminder of how the world came to be. It was created by Hashem, and is no ...

We do not respond to catastrophe with questions of why and we do not think of calamities gone by in order to be sad. We respond as best as we can.