In an age of abundant information, we risk losing our capacity for wonder.

Because everybody loves a Saturday night….The night before last, all over the world, Jews began saying Selichot, the confessional prayers ...

Instructions for constructing a Purim noisemaker

Synagogues share certain functional interior furnishings, but there is no architectural design or artistic style that characterizes a synagogue.

A pungent flavor addition to a traditional holiday staple.

Like Moses and Caleb, we make progress in fits and starts.

Signed by Israeli Prime Minister Natanyahu and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat in 1998.

Sex workers--like Tamar--are fueled by cycles of sexism and poverty.

These three prophets are principally concerned with the status of the Temple, the new religious hierarchy, and the religious obligations of the post-exilic community.

For many Jews, the Torah's authority does not derive from being a divine document.