The third section of the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, includes poetry, philosophy, history and stories.

“There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.” So says the author of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) in a ...

This summer, two things happened at once, making me think about fasting in a whole new way—and as Yom Kippur ...

Papers were flying and staples were clamping, stickers were delivered, and DVDs were organized. Another summer, and therefore, another fast ...

A mid-20th-century haven for Jews trying to get away from it all.

How the kosher practice of waiting between meat and dairy reminds us of Moses' discomfort with violence.

The World to Come.

“Ima, can you help me with my chapter of megillah?” My thirteen-year old son Davi, who recently became a Bar ...

The maze-like path of the labyrinth, leading in and out of a sacred center, echoes an ancient kabbalistic idea.

This annual day of remembrance of the victims is observed by Jewish communities worldwide.