Benjamin McDowell was arrested for plotting an attack on a synagogue. Years later, Rabbi Avram Mlotek sought him out. This is what he learned. (JTA) — Before I met him, I saw Benjamin McDowell’s name ...

D. K. Renton’s new book tackles the thorny subject of revolutionary forgiveness. Few can accept preemptive forgiveness of their persecutors: we have to have some faith in the future, that there will ...

Every moment in time is a point of no return, no turning back the clock. And every moment in time is a time of teshuvah, a time of return. Teshuvah, turning, return, is a core theme of our Days of Awe ...

Could Jacob’s altercation with a mysterious man have been the beginning of a process of repentance for having taken the blessings from his brother Esau? Interestingly, Jacob calls the name of the ...

In Likutey Moharan (I:6), Rebbe Nachman of Breslov tells us something astounding: “The true sign of a person who has returned to G-d is that they can hear themselves be insulted and remain silent.

Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook explains that teshuvah does not deal with a specific wrong. Rather, it relates to a general feeling of despondency and estrangement from God. Teshuvah means a ...

Teshuvah means sincerely turning one’s life around by making atonement for past mistakes, correcting our past errors, moving beyond the old, finding new meanings in life, and reestablishing our ...

California is on fire, the east coast is drowning, the virus isn’t done with us, and the nice lady who lives by the freeway has been joined by dozens of friends as the eviction moratorium comes to an ...