Mourning customs reflect the depersonalization and distance from God experienced by the mourner who has just confronted the death of a close relative.

Theft in Jewish Law. Business Ethics and Jewish Law. Jewish Business Ethics. Jewish Work and Commerce.

Ecological balance and our prayer for rain.

It is a tree of life to those who hold it close and all of its supporters are happy. Its ...

The stem cells most likely to be of scientific value come from discarded embryos. Is it ethical to use these?

My husband is definitively non-Jewish by all religious standards. Except for his latke skills.

Asking God for peace and protection in this evening prayer.

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

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In many ways, the message of the Book of Jonah seems antithetical to that of Yom Kippur.