Rabbi Jay Michaelson once described Judaism as neither superior nor necessary for everyone, but as superior and necessary for him because it is “the vocabulary of my soul.” That phrase captures ...

The magnificence of God, at the climax of His redemptive purposes, was to ensure that both the detail of Torah and His ...

Rabbi Halivni’s magnum opus is 'Mekorot Umesorot' ('Sources and Traditions'), a monumental 10-volume, source-critical commentary on the Talmud in Hebrew. Between 1902 and 1983, the Jewish Theological ...

A young woman is gingerly applying lipstick for her upcoming date, unaware of the horrible fate awaiting her. This may sound like the description of a new Netflix drama but it’s actually a scene in a ...

Every Shabbos, Jews in synagogues of all denominations hear the cantor, rabbi or a layperson chant that week’s Torah portion from an open scroll. But Yiddish scholar Sheva Zucker says you don’t need ...

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Rabbi Ross (When a Lie Is Not a Sin) superbly distills the theology of Martin Buber (1878-1965), a consequential Jewish thinker whose focus on making human interactions meaningful influenced Martin ...

Rabbi Ilana Grinblat was reflecting on what she calls “sweaty Judaism” as she sat in the shady section of her Pico-Robertson backyard, which will be transformed into her family’s sukkah on the Sunday ...