Evergreen

A marriage tradition steeped in property law really has to stretch to be legally egalitarian.

Judaism and Adorning the Body. The Jewish Body. Jewish Body Teaching, Laws, and Traditions.

An overview of how marriages are traditionally dissolved.

Rarely do we see as clearly the tension between traditional Jewish practices and secular values as in the issue of annulment.

Confronting the issue of agunot, or "chained" wives.

It's important for the non-Jewish spouse to support the Jewish partner's religious identity, live in a Jewish home, and bring up Jewish children.

The celebration of an infant's weaning goes back to the feast Abraham held for his son Isaac.

What have Jews thought about non-Jews at various points in history?

While all Jews have roots in the Middle East, Mizrahi Jews never left it.

Increasingly, Jewish families are adopting non-white babies.