The ultra righteous.

In honor of the annual observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance we are devoting space in our blog to posts about gender. Be sure ...

Although modern traditionalist Judaism uniformly affirms the divinity of the Torah, classical sources disagree on what role Moses had in its production.

Responsibility that begins in seeing the face of another human being is a primary philosophical category.

The  Toronto Star  recently reported that several firebombings of kosher restaurants in Quebec may not be the work of anti-Semites ...

This past week in synagogues throughout the world we rolled the Torah scroll forward and began reading from the Book ...

Rabbi Akiva versus Rabbi Yishmael.

Works of pleasure.

Speech is a defining characteristic of human beings, part of our self-definition as individuals and members of groups. Judaism sees speech as both a fundamental theological and ethical category.

Today’s guest post is from our friend (and one of our favorite scholars!) Dr. Joel M. Hoffman. Last year, we ...