The war against Midian teaches that when Israel does fight wars, they must fight with compassion and a minimum of casualties.

The term refers to someone who refrains from physical contact with members of the opposite sex.

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

The fifth of the Ten Commandments states: Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in ...

For Jewish religious thinkers in our time, the question "why observe mitzvot?" has become a central and critical concern. Some answers echo earlier periods, some are new.

Both celebrate spring and hope, though there are major differences between them also.

For a while, just as Transgender Day of Remembrance was getting established as an observance, a competing movement emerged. That ...

How do you confess to a sin without believing in sin?

Though not as well known as Anne Frank's diary or Elie Wiesel's works, these texts will increase your understanding of the Shoah.

Moses was changed internally and externally by his experience on Mount Sinai.