Yesterday, around the world, we Jews observed Tisha B’Av, a day of grieving the historical destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, ...

In addition to Yom Kippur, there are many public and private fasts in Judaism.

From the Bible to today, the Chosen People rise again after every destruction.

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

Rabbis and cantors aren't the only options, and chemistry matters.

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

Different streams of Judaism in the Jewish state.

Or Shalom, Vancouver’s East-Side Shul, the synagogue I serve as spiritual leader, is a community of 200 households that has ...

A word and its opposite may be one and the same.

These stories are passed on as teachings about how to die.