If we reject male God language, we lose a powerful metaphor: the husband-wife relationship between God and the Jews.

What you should know before you're called to the Torah.

Moving from praise to petition to thanksgiving, the Amidah inculcates a sense of connection to God.

Some of the mishnaic laws related to agriculture remain directly relevant for contemporary urban and suburban lives.

The kabbalistic false messiah gained a mass following in the 17th century — until he converted to Islam.

Yizkor is part of an ongoing conversation with the dead, but what we don't realize is that we constantly converse with the dead in daily life.

Judaism has recognized nonbinary persons for millennia.

A connection between Sukkot and this "eighth day of assembly."

The speech that farmers recited when bringing their first fruits to the Temple articulates the Zionist message.

The author proposes that only an active program that combines inreach to "faithless" Jews and outreach to unchurched spiritual seekers can revitalize the Jewish community.