The requirements and transcendent possibilities of Jewish law are the bases of Jewish distinctness.

A new look at a very old fashion statement.

The first halakhic code.

Jewish ethics demand that we be scrupulous in paying taxes.

Remembering Jerusalem permeates Jewish belief, thought, and practice in profound and powerful ways.

A Hasidic spiritual leader believed to maintain a channel to God.

One of the most beloved writers of Yiddish literature, his work inspired the hit musical "Fiddler on the Roof."

Maimonides' theological principles were never unanimously embraced.

Jewish mysticism takes hold.

This article was written for the 2009 Why Be Jewish Gathering: Renaissance in a Time of Ration, a project of ...