What a forefather can teach us about human rights.

Because many Jewish writers wrote in German, Russian, French, and other European languages, what we call "European Jewish literature" overlaps with European literature as a whole.

The song-poem in this Torah portion shows that words do more than narrate and describe.

The powerful lessons of hakhel and shmita.

Establishing an equitable human judicial system is the necessary condition for receiving the divine moral wisdom of the Torah.

Part II: More Marriage, Divorce, Work and Education

Money, money, money.

Squawking at chickens.

This is the best birthday present I’ve gotten all year. Regina Spektor’s third proper album, Far, is like that cynical ...

A surprisingly Southern-and-Jewish reminder.