As we approach our upcoming Festival of Lights, our stories about the Maccabees and our nation’s triumph over religious and ...

The main challenge I faced when preparing a biography of Louis Marshall stemmed from the gap between the perceptual confidence that characterizes ...

When I was young, I was drawn to the study of Torah as a way to get closer to God ...

I didn’t mind the mechitza  at first. The wall—more frequently a short partition—separating men and women in ritual spaces was ...

A quick look at Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and Reconstructionist Judaism — and at other Jewish streams.

A Queer Ancestor in the Butch-Trans Border WarAs the month of Tammuz draws to a close, we have the opportunity ...

What happens when Jewish women intermarry? Do they lose their ties to Judaism, or do they develop stronger ties to ...

On Monday, Chris Moriarty wrote about why she wrote The Inquisitor’s Apprentice. She will be blogging here all week for ...

The sound of the ram's horn asks: "What are you doing here?"

Many Jewish communities have developed unique Passover traditions that make the holiday more lively and relevant.