Primo Levi's poem gives us new insights into the Shema.

Hanging out with my brothers eventually leads to a discussion about basketball–specifically, about the Sacramento Kings. This weekend, when I ...

Where the lovable fools of Jewish humor came from--and what they mean.

What the dead know.

How to read the Torah.

One of the most oft-repeated themes of the Torah is that we must remember that we were slaves and strangers ...

You have shared some of your intimate emotional struggles with a colleague and close friend. Very soon afterward you lose ...

One of my favorite things about my new role as a full-time historian at the ISJL is getting to meet ...

The trial by ordeal prescribed for a woman suspected of infidelity is unparalleled anywhere else in the Torah.

We were two Christian Palestinians, four Muslim Palestinians and six Jewish Israelis. The Christians were from Bethlehem, both veterans of ...