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

As a Jew with North African roots, I have always felt that my culture’s rich and diverse traditions set me apart ...

The bread of poverty has a rich history in Rabbinic literature.

This 19th Century Hasidic woman served as an unofficial rabbi.

The pilgrimage festivals, ritual purity and cosmological speculation about the origins of the universe.

Ancient artifacts reveal Jewish attitudes toward incantations, demons, and the supernatural.

Observances in ancient times were associated with the land.

A bibliographical summary of Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.

An overview of the texts that guide Jewish worship.

Finding midrash in current events, your local synagogue and your movie theater.