Author: Rabbi Amitai Fraiman

There is a heaviness to Yom Hazikaron that is difficult to capture in words. The density of the experience—the emotional toll, the cultural and sociological significance—is compounded by the very real familiarity with loss. It is not a conceptual day on which we honor those who paid the ultimate price...

For me and my wife, being far from our home in Israel the past two months has been excruciating—many of our closest family and friends serve in the IDF. But we, Jews outside of Israel, have a critical role to play as well, beyond material support. Beyond political support. We are here to...

There is no better holiday to celebrate during the times of COVID-19, than Passover. I mean, really, the symbolism is almost too much to bear. We have plagues (pick your favorite), fanatical cleaning and social distancing ordinances that resemble the biblical guideline to celebrate the Passover just with one’s closest...