My childhood memories of the festival of Simchat Torah center around a paper flag topped with a candy-apple and candy ...

Online resources for Passover recordings, lyrics, sheet music and more.

The evolution of attitudes towards physicians, beliefs connecting illness and sin, prayers for healing, and the use of folk healing traditions.

As I flick through the pages of my pocket prayer book deliberating over which tunes to pick for Lecha Dodi ...

The words “religious feminist” seem like an oxymoron. How can someone be both? The three main Western religions, Judaism, Christianity ...

In honor of Jewish Book month, each ISJL Education Fellow submitted a list of his or her favorite Jewish authors for ...

Resources for honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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.

Although both holidays lack special home customs, they are marked by holiday meals, special blessings, and a prohibition on work.

In preparation for Hanukkah, a time in the year when we welcome in the light of hope and liberation, we ...