Evergreen

Seeking guidance from the Jewish legal tradition, without a belief in its binding nature—especially in light of contemporary moral sensitivies.

Jews pray in order to enrich our lives and seek comfort, to connect to the past and to others, to celebrate and develop a sense of the sacred, to serve God and help make ourselves Godlike.

The Bible sees folk healing as idolatrous.

Though not necessarily written for worship, neo-Hasidic melodies quickly found their way into the synagogue.

A Renaissance composer who applied the conventions of choral music to Jewish liturgy

With klezmer's popularity on the rise, artists have taken it in new--and sometimes "controversial"--directions.

Ashkenazi "Old Country" music found new life in America in the late 20th century.

Love can't always conquer--couples have difficult decisions to make when they embark on an interfaith marriage.

Considering the role of gender in producing knowledge about Judaism.

In the Torah, women are absent at the covenantal moment; to make up for this, Jewish history must be reconstructed.