Ancient rules regarding priestly purity offer guidance for moments when weighing different kinds of needs against each other proves difficult.

Memorial Day, 2007. I’ve drifted away from a Santa Monica beach party to gaze out at the Pacific Ocean, plus my ...

Together with the Mishnah, these texts make up what is known as Rabbinic Judaism.

Once Jews confront the mythic origins of our own past, it's much easier to be sensitive to the mythic origins of others.

Like spilling blood.

Last night our congregation’s chant meditation group met to contemplate light as we arrived at the cusp of the darkest ...

This February, for the first time ever, the ISJL is hosting a reunion of all of the alumni of our ...

From Milton Berle to Dick Van Dyke.

The use of tzniut, modesty, as a cudgel against Jewish women has been well documented in the JOFA Journal, conferences, ...

Over the next three days, journalist Simona Fuma will be guest blogging from the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. ...