The Jewish home takes center stage.

The Bible implies that God's choice of the Jews was random; later traditions made the Jews seem deserving of this privilege.

Jewish chosenness is not a metaphysical reality. It derives from the conditions of a particularly prosperous period in Israelite history.

Most traditional authorities dismissed Hinduism as idolatry, but in recent years, some Jews have become more tolerant of certain Eastern religions and practices.

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

Palestinians are not slaves. But they are also not free.

“What will be with us?” she asked...

After the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the center of kabbalistic study moved to the town of Safed in northern Palestine.

Bringing animal treatment, workers' conditions, and environmental issues to a kosher table.

How Zionism influenced the Festival of Lights.