The holiday of Hanukkah should be a fraught one for American Jews. Most of us know it as a gift-giving holiday, ...

God didn't start the fire.

Kol Sasson Congregation was founded in Skokie, Illinois in 2003 as a Shira Hadasha-style minyan. At first, we met on ...

Maimonides drew upon scientific knowledge in his interpretations of Jewish law.

The relationship between Jewish law, Jewish ethics, and the ethical principles of general society are navigated differently by different Jewish authorities. However, there is one principle that can be singled out for its prominence in Jewish bioethical di

The requirements and transcendent possibilities of Jewish law are the bases of Jewish distinctness.

The perfect way to use leftover noodles.

Jews have a tradition, based in biblical law, of interest-free lending, primarily--but not exclusively--to other Jews.

As the month of Kislev has begun our thoughts turn to the upcoming holiday of Hanukkah. If there was ever ...

A ritual in recognition of the author's miscarriage emerged from a year of studying about the infertile Hannah, who eventually had a child.