Where do Jews come from?

The evolution of attitudes towards physicians, beliefs connecting illness and sin, prayers for healing, and the use of folk healing traditions.

Lessons in hope, courage, purity, and faith, from the Maccabees and the Hanukkah miracles.

A companion volume to Pirkei Avot.

Here is a shocker. It has been months since I’ve mentioned my main man Omri Casspi on this blog. As ...

Many kinds of rain.

This Torah portion features a passage recounting the genealogy of Moses and Aaron -- with some glaring omissions.

“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this ...

Biblical practices around childbirth and the affliction known as tzara'at bear a striking resemblance to grief.

How do we reconcile our desire to see God with God's statement that no one can see God and live?