Zalman Posner

We may become strangers to Judaism, wandering on distant pathst. We may become spiritually defective, Jewishly impure, insensitive to the values and beauties of our faith. But we are not doomed to living apart from Judaism.

How do we take religion out of the once-a-week class? How does one acquire a feeling of (and for) religion? Where does one derive the strength to live by religious ideals, even in moments of weakness?

Moses' is concerned about his successor in whose hands the future of Israel is to be entrusted. In his prayer Moses expresses the qualifications of Israel's leader in simple yet all-inclusive terms.

Balaam blessed the Jews, praising the "goodliness of their tents." What was the malicious intent behind these words?

Moses' dismay at the request of several tribes to remain on the eastern bank of the Jordan is a powerful lesson in Jewish communal responsibility.

Our forty-year desert sojourn is a metaphor for our long national history of wandering. It also infuses us with hope and purpose.

In commenting on one of the blessings in the Priestly Benediction, the Talmud reveals an important aspect of the Jew's attitude to Judaism.

Two censuses, taken at two times which could not be more dissimilar. But a singular message -- and a message with a singular theme -- emerges...

Anti-Semitism -- our fear of this scourge is deeply ingrained in our psyche. But how real is the threat?

Faith is measured by actions, as is demonstrated by the shmitah year -- and the weekly Shabbat.