For Jewish religious thinkers in our time, the question "why observe mitzvot?" has become a central and critical concern. Some answers echo earlier periods, some are new.

The contributions of I.L. Peretz to Yiddish literature.

The school was on a residential street in North West London. From the outside it was unremarkable, but the atmosphere ...

Book reviews of American Jewish literature.

How the matriarchs' homes resembled and inspired the Temple.

The Dutch Holocaust victim wrote: “Ultimately what matters most is to bear the pain, to cope with it, and to keep a small corner of one’s soul unsullied, come what may.”

In Jewish texts, the devil is sometimes an adversary and sometimes an embodiment of evil.

Do we circumcise a baby who died before he was eight days old?

The story of the garden and humanity’s exile from it is foundational to Jewish tradition.

A Conservative responsum explores the Jewish issues involved.