A new Jewish ritual for sending young people off to college.

With rising numbers and increasingly stringent observance, Orthodoxy thrives even as it faces challenges.

Rabbinic interpretations and discussions of the Bible.

Israel is the most uplifting place in the world, and on my trip there last week I felt the usual ...

Medieval European Jewry repeatedly faced banishment for both economic and religious reasons.

Song of Songs is an erotic poem that compares young love to gazelles frolicking in the field. So why is it read on the holiday of liberation?

Traditional and Contemporary Jewish Food for Every Occasion.

The 14th and 15th blessings of the Amidah pose some difficult theological questions.

From the Bible to today, the Chosen People rise again after every destruction.

The belief in a messiah, a person who will redeem the people Israel and usher in a more perfect era, is has long been considered a core plank of Jewish belief.