It’s been just over a week since Leelah Alcorn committed suicide. Leelah grew up not far from where I live ...

I ended a week of fundraising travel with Daniel (yeah, we’ve gotta do that to keep the Jewish knowledge flowing ...

In this week’s Forward, David Ellenson, president of Hebrew Union College, recounts two recent events in which Israeli Orthodox rabbis ...

I don’t know Molly Young, but she is about to become my new best friend.Anyone who seems to love Cel-Ray ...

Jewish thinkers have long struggled to understand why the righteous suffer. Here are some of their answers.

At a time when Jewish influence has increased, how do we approach unethical commandments?

A survey of some of the laws governing the slaughter of kosher animals for meat.

Unlike more famous Jewish mobsters like Meyer Lansky, this notorious Brooklyn mafioso was put to death — and then almost forgotten.

The most lasting stories are the ones that transcend circumstance–geography, culture, even linguistic and temporal idioms. An amazing, mind-blowing story ...

A few days ago, I stumbled across a terrific quote, which I eventually tracked down to a New York Times ...