Relating to the despair the ancient Israelites felt in the wake of the Temple's destruction is no easy feat.

Why is Judaism traditionally passed down through the mother?

Midrashic Art. Biblical Art. History and Theology of Jewish Art. Jewish Artists. Jewish Painters.

This kabbalistic concept has been embraced by Jewish feminists.

A lid on hell.

The beloved Torah commentator also wrote a much-used commentary on the Talmud.

Go with Gilgamesh, but lose the animal livers.

God's expectations of Jews, as portrayed in the Bible and rabbinic law, extend beyond the divine-human relationship to encompass many sorts of relationships between individual human beings as well.

Writing Hebrew literature in the 19th century was no simple matter, and those who did were the elite of the elite.

Some want to read Hagar back into the story, giving her character new subtleties and possibilities.