by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen In 1973 the USA Supreme Court decided in Roe v Wade to strike down Texas laws that criminalized abortion. There is...

Leviticus Chapter 25 to 26:2 - Valuing the Land by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen “When you come to the land that I am giving you, the land must be...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Those of us who are loyal to tradition are now into a period of mourning called the Omer. It’s a time of mourning....

Leviticus Chapters 21:1-24:23 - Alienation by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen It is one of the most problematic stories in the Torah. A young man who...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The ongoing conflict in Ukraine raises important moral issues about warfare. Some people believe that all violence...

Leviticus 19-21 - About Sex by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The part of the Torah we read this week, Kedoshim, contains more moral and ethical...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Aleksander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), was one of the most impressive Russians of the past century. He was born into...

Leviticus Chapters 16-19 - Arrogance by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Previously in Leviticus Chapter 9, the two sons of Aaron, Nadav, and Avihu had...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen America is obsessed with slavery and its ramifications and rightly so. But it is less concerned with the idea of...