Over the past two decades, new authors take on the tension between tradition and autonomy.

After Sarah's death comes the first biblical account of mourning.

Age and its significance, terminology, parents' blessing, parent-child dynamics, and motivations for adult bar/bat mitzvah.

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...

Kudos to FailedMessiah for noting the upcoming lecture to commemorate Professor Saul Lieberman’s 25th yahrzeit. A couple of weeks ago ...

In the Bible, women are sometimes portrayed as men's equals and other times as men's subordinates — or property.

Rabbinic responses to questions of Jewish law enrich the body of halakhic literature.

Jewish women in the Diaspora.

An insider's view of the 2006 CJLS gay vote.

How the first woman's relationship with man and God is complicated.