To the Israelite prophets, humans are central to the relationship of God and the created world...

Immersion in the mikveh actualizes the transition between the convert's old identity and his or her new one as a Jew.

Deuteronomy 20 permits wars of aggression, but the talmudic rabbis made it difficult to declare one.

The worst things to say to someone who is grieving.

It helps to know what lies behind the muted bindings and the denominational labels of today's wide array of possibilities.

The connections between the month and the holiday.

Take a look inside the places that Abraham, King David, Queen Esther and other biblical characters are said to have been buried.

The ancients disagreed about the reasons Jews celebrate the eight day Festival of Light.