Rabbi Louis Jacobs

Judaism has a complex relationship with the ideal of martyrdom.

An original Jewish thinker, influential far beyond the golem he created.

This hymn, sung to welcome the Sabbath, has mystical origins.

There are many versions of the Jewish 'mourner's prayer.'

This early Rabbi of the Mishnah regularly debated Rabbi Eliezer.

Hayyim Ibn Atar was most famous for his Bible commentary with a mystical bent.

Being humble is one of the key traits that Judaism values.

Reform leader saw halakhah no longer as binding according to Judaism itself.

A kabbalistic concept of the light found in all creation.

Various movements within the religion have been viewed heretical by those who disagreed with them.