So many books have been written about leadership. And yet, to the best of my knowledge, there are no classic Torah books dedicated exclusively to the topic. This is puzzling, since the Torah itself—in the Chumash, the Talmud and all of our holy sources—is replete with wisdom on how to be a good leader. Why, […]
Covid-19 has impacted every area of our lives—the way we pray, the way we think, the way we learn and the way we socialize. What are the lessons we can draw from the radically altered lives we are living?
How innovation and chesed defined the Jewish community’s response to Covid-19
How will we be able to survive? What sources of strength might we be able to access as we ponder the shape of our lives in the months and years ahead?
Exploring the Jewish response to the Crusades and how the resilience and spiritual fortitude of those communities can serve as lessons for us today
How the Jewish community of Prague, the largest Jewish settlement in pre-Modern Christian Europe, coped with a devastating plague in 1713
Jewish Action Editor-in-Chief Nechama Carmel spoke with famed lecturer, author and historian Rabbi Berel Wein about how resilience has shaped the Jewish historical experience, specifically the American Orthodox community in the postwar era.
Jews have been able to bring the light of humor to even the darkest of times. We survive because we tell jokes, jokes that allow us to laugh even when tragedy, up to the point of death, threatens.
How is resilience possible? What factors contribute to a greater likelihood for resilience following trauma?
The closing words of Megillat Esther describe Mordechai as doresh tov leammo. Literally, that means he sought the good of his people. In the spirit of Rabbi Lamm’s playful puns, however, I say: Rabbi Norman Lamm was a doresh tov, a great darshan—and all that he did, he did for the sake of his people and for the sake of Torah.