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Gil Troy

The Torah in Motion Program with Charles Taylor and Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks will air on…

Monday morning at 1:30AM here in Israel, I joined over one hundred million of my fellow earth…

Mogel, W. (2010) The Blessing of a B Minus: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Resilient Teenagers.…

Otta van Bismark, 19th century Chancellor of Germany, in introducing a social insurance program,…

In his opening comment on the Bible, Rashi links the Creation story to that of the Exodus. Working…

The mention of Nortel Networks makes many a Canadian cringe. Once the darling of the tech world and…

This week's d’var Torah is dedicated in honour of Ira and Rona Kellman, for organizing a family…

Our Sages attach the appellation Tzadik, righteous one, to Yosef, presumably because of his ability…

“And Jacob was a pure man, dwelling in the tents” (25:27). Like his father before him, Yaakov had…

This week's dvar torah is being sponsored by Nolene and David Maresky and family in memory of…

Torah in Motion supporters met Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks at the beautiful home of Anna and…

Tragically, natural disasters are a relatively common occurrence. The scene is relatively familiar…

Portugal, Greece, Italy. Who might be next? As Europe and the world fret over the possible collapse…

One must be ‘thankful’ when the news coming out of Israel is the high price of cottage cheese.…

The 14th-century legal code, the Arba Turim, the Four Rows, begins the laws of Sukkot by noting…

The history of our nation is linked with Pesach. Many of our mitzvoth—mezuzah, tefillin, Shabbat,…

The saintly sage Rav Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chafetz Chaim, 1838-1933) once commented that every…