Judaism is not about elitism. It is, and has always been, about love: love expressed not in sentiment alone, but in the ...

We are facing down a dark cloud of uncertainty over the future of Medicaid, our national health insurance program for the ...

Should the list with the names of the hostages be disposed of like other sacred documents, and ultimately buried in a Jewish cemetery?

He may take [into his household as his wife] only a woman who is a virgin. A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is ...

"While Judaism today is more decentralized and egalitarian than ever, it also raises new questions that our generation must ...

This continuity of purpose connects us directly to those post-war days of moral clarity. The Survivors' Talmud reminds us ...

From the incense-filled sanctuaries of ancient Jerusalem to the comforting aroma of spices at the close of Shabbat, scent ...

The New Testament recognizes the authority of the Sacred Scriptures of ... These two texts not only affirm the authority of the Jewish Scriptures; they reveal the basis for this authority as ...

We have texts from ribald Yiddish joke books to the most sacred texts. All of it represents the richness of Jewish life in the Diaspora. A letter from a water carrier is every bit as important as ...