Parashat Vayera explores Abraham's faith, moral courage, and the responsibility that accompanies conviction. A Shabbat reflection on the test of faith and the courage to act.

The most consequential assault on a society’s principles might wear those principles as its uniform. By Jonathan S. Greenwald Originally published by Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) U.S. flag. Credit: Tumisu/Pixabay In politics, the danger is not the outsider, the immigrant, the believer or the dissenter. A free society depends on their equal rights. The danger is an ideology that invokes liberty to extinguish liberty, tolerance to excuse intolerance and human rights to deny the

As we enter Rosh Hashanah 5787, the Torah’s account of Abraham, Isaac and the Akedah challenges us to consider the meaning of blessing, sacrifice, faith and the choices that shape our future.

On the 25th anniversary of September 11 and as America has recently celebrated its 250th birthday, a reflection on the unity that followed 9/11, the divisions that have grown since, and the question of what America has learned.

Founder and Executive Director Jonathan S. Greenwald joins the National Board of Religious Zionists of America–Mizrachi (RZA) Jonathan S. Greenwald and The Greenwald Family Impact Foundation (TGFIF) congratulate Pace Cooper, Stephen M. Flatow and the newly elected national leadership of Religious Zionists of America–Mizrachi (RZA), following the organization’s Biennial Convention. Pace Cooper of Memphis, Tennessee, was elected President of RZA, while Stephen M. Flatow assumed

Written in the immediate aftermath of the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and the third assassination attempt on President Donald Trump, this article examines the dangerous escalation of political hatred into violence and the urgent need for national unity.