In this week’s installment of “From the Academy,â€? Dr. Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture ...

Last week in my review of Rabbi Elie Kaunfer’s book, Empowered Judaism, I wrote about how I’ve never had the ...

Sometimes being between two words is just the place to be

Last August, when my son, Jonah, returned from sleepaway camp with a sunburn, an array of nasty-looking mosquito bites, and a ...

The following are reflections from an Orthodox rabbi who was shunned by his community for standing up for LGBTQ rights. ...

How to go about making a blintz that's mostly a memory?

There might be underlying principles that would have some determining factor on whether we felt like we belonged in a particular group or context

From the depths of uncertainty, this High Holiday prayer invites us to call out the steadfast faith we wish we felt.

Purim and Yom Kippur appear to be complete opposites but the ancient rabbis say they are really two sides of the same coin.

Some of the customs associated with this holiday display remnants of the agricultural tradition.