Evergreen

A Conservative responsum explores the Jewish issues involved.

Debates about the role of women in Jewish life.

Music in Jewish worship can be high art or popular song, by solo expression or with group participation.

Traditional teachings on being a good host (and guest).

Jews of different stripes differ greatly with respect to their assessment of the role Jewish law should play today—and each camp has much to learn from the others.

Lovingkindness--the act of caring for others--is a fundamental of Judaism.

More than simply a means to learning the content of divinely revealed law, Torah study is an end in itself--according to some, another way of worshipping God.

Jews' close connection to healing, both as patients and physicians, is ancient and rooted in both theology and history.

Jeremiah's tragic message is conveyed by both his prophecies and account of Jerusalem's destruction, but he also gives his people hope.