Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan's daughter's modest break with patriarchal traditions created new religious options for Jewish women.

How to step in and step back.

Of "Second Passover," Rabbi Akiva and adult bat mitzvahs.

Although not associated with puberty, this rite represents a spiritual "coming of age" for adult Jews.

Making the right decision for your family and your life

In rabbinic texts, the distinction between childhood and young adulthood is the birth of the yetzer hatov, the good inclination.

Jewish support for immigrants is often tied to the repeated biblical injunction not to oppress the stranger.

Providing for Jewish communal needs is accordingly considered a religious obligation.

The Jewish imperative of helping the needy, known as tzedakah, is among the most cherished Jewish values.

The imperative of saving a life is so great that all but three of Judaism’s religious commandments can be suspended if a life is at stake.