When someone can be officially determined dead depends on one's interpretation of a key passage in the Talmud.

A feminist exploration of traditional teachings on gossip

The link Maimonides found between confession and repentance.

Before there was Shakespeare, there were some angry rabbis.

Kippah, Streimel, Fez and more — a guide to Jewish headgear.

For a while, Etan G was known as “the Jewish rapper” — you know, as opposed to one of several ...

Miriam Libicki, an American Jewish girl from a religious home, enlists in the Israeli Army one summer against everyone’s better ...

The Book of Samuel tells of the rise of the Davidic monarchy

Making celebrations ethical and joyous.

Why some Orthodox women cover their hair, whether with wigs, hats or scarves.