When I left my secular past for an Orthodox future, I thought I had all the answers for a fulfilling life. I was wrong ...
Judaism has always been open to what the world is learning and saying. It has fallen to every generation of Jews to determine ...
Slotkin is one of 34 Jewish members of the 119th Congress. The other newly elected Jewish senator, Democrat Adam Schiff, was sworn in temporarily last month on a 1490 edition of Maimonides’ Mishneh ...
When faced with tough choices, we reveal our character. One such pivotal moment occurs in this week’s Torah portion. It opens in the middle of an impassioned dialogue between Joseph, still unknown to ...
I was very private about it at first, because I wasn’t sure,” Smiley said. But the more he studied, talked and thought about ...
(AP) — Hanukkah, Judaism's eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four ...
Two million Jews in the United States—at least one-third of the total—identify as Reform in polls. Yet, two prominent ...
Act 3, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” begins with one of the most famous texts in English literature: “To be or ...
Mayor Brett Smiley explained why he decided to start working with Rabbi Sarah Mack, who serves as Senior Rabbi of Temple Beth ...
Those who believe Jewish identity is synonymous with progressive political ideology often come from backgrounds with little grounding in traditional Judaism. Since the advent of the Haskalah ...
The big question, of course, is this: what should a reinvigorated and revitalized American Judaism look like to help foster and sustain this positive development? Over the past year or so ...