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Speech is a defining characteristic of human beings, part of our self-definition as individuals and members of groups. Judaism sees speech as both a fundamental theological and ethical category.

A talmudic metaphor teaches that human beings are responsible for ensuring that the world achieves global environmental sustainability.

The Torah teaches us to value human life -- as part of a sustainable world.

From the Muslim-Arab conquests of the 7th century to the appearance of modern ideas in the 1,000 years later.

A historical perspective on the Jewish canon, and reflections on what today's learned Jews need to know.

Heschel aimed, through his writing and teaching, to shock modern people out of complacency and into a spiritual dimension

Nachman Krochmal pioneered the idea of historical-critical study of Judaism in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia

The genesis of Ashkenazic identity.

We should respond to major historical events and to personal decisions with the question, "Where are we morally?"

The land of Israel is sacred by virtue of the sacred actions performed by its inhabitants.