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We can all heed Moses' reminder to God, to live up to God's reputation of being slow to anger.

The role of the spies was to determine whether they and the Israelites had the confidence and certainty of God's love to enter the land of the covenant.

Social justice as a sacred communal obligation

The closer we are to God, the more we are able to put our cravings into perspective.

A midrash on the Sotah ritual emphasizes the lengths to which we go to bring peace between spouses.

An examination of the argument in support of vouchers in the Jewish community

The namesake for the Conservative day school network was a key scholar who became president of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.

Jewish tradition, informed by the precedent of the Talmud, prefers to promote discussion rather than correctness.

An overview of the Jewish national sport: arguing.

Rabbi Akiva argued that the Song of Songs "defiled the hands" — which meant it was sacred. In fact, he argued it was the most sacred book of the Bible.