The High Holiday prayer book emphasize the themes of the Days of Awe — introspection and repentance

How and why Ukraine was arguably the most important cradle for early Zionists.

The phrase shows up in popular culture as synonymous with fatalistic warning, but it has a much deeper meaning for Jews.

The author of Kohelet wrestled openly and honestly with life's biggest questions.

The Torah reading in most synagogues is inaccessible, the author says, and needs to be "livened up" through the use of drama and performance art.

With klezmer's popularity on the rise, artists have taken it in new--and sometimes "controversial"--directions.

Liberal politics in Israeli movies of the 1980s and '90s.

The first book of the Torah tells of the origins of the world and of the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy's legal treatment of slavery is more humane than the parallel laws in Exodus, and more practical than those in Leviticus.

The controversial Book of Ezekiel nearly didn't make it into the biblical canon, but it has had a lasting impact on both liturgical practice and mystical traditions.