"The Concept of 'The Chosen People'"
(updated and revised from Shavuot 5761-2001)
by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald
On this coming weekend, Jews will celebrate the festival of Shavuot, which…
"The Centrality of Joy in Jewish Observance"
(updated and revised from Kee Tavo 5764-2004)
by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald
Parashat Kee Tavo is one of the two parashiot in the Torah that…
A few weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the British blockade intercepted a communication from Jonas Phillips to a relative on the Dutch Island of St. Estatius.…
