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During this Jewish mourning custom, the entire physical environment of the mourner is transformed to acknowledge the immediacy of death.

In a disorderly, violent time, as Israel fought for land and survival, Deborah was called--and stepped forward--to aid her people.

Despite early theological objections, Jewish law views the practice of medicine as a mitzvah.

How historical evidence shapes our understanding of this biblical matriarch.

Jewish marriage is not merely a secular legal partnership, but a union sanctified by God.

This rarely performed ritual releases a man from the obligation of marrying his deceased brother's childless wife.

The get is the bill of divorce that the husband gives to the wife to release her from the marriage.

Judaism commands us to respect our mothers and fathers — and provide for our children.

Many Jewish authorities allow surrogacy for couples facing infertility, but the practice poses several complex challenges in Jewish law. 

The Torah prohibits murder, and the Talmud maintains the prohibition on active killing, even with the terminally ill.

Contemporary Jewish thinkers have expressed a wide range of opinions about the permissibility and parameters of euthanasia.

Most rabbis permit artificial insemination using the husband's semen, but donor insemination raises more complicated questions.