judaism

Conversion requires such a big life change that the motivations must be genuine and psychologically well grounded.

This legal opinion from the Masorti (Conservative) movement in Israel takes the lenient opinion that a convert should not explicitly reject any Jewish law.

Shavuot commemorates the spring harvest and the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai.

The substance of Maimonides' principles was never in dispute; the ramifications of rejecting them were.

The struggle to find personal meaning in words of Torah and to share that message with the community is the essence of Jewish spiritual maturation.

The conundrum of Shabbat observance and environmental damage.

The bar/bat mitzvah service now focuses on the child as individual, but the synagogue community should not suffer.

Could an aliyah be a way to honor the sacrifices of a non-Jewish mother who raises a Jewish child?

War in the name of God must be examined in our own tradition as well.