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These 150 biblical poems offer a spiritual reservoir in difficult times.

This Yiddish film and theater star had a versatile career and also did humanitarian work.

The model of prayer with kavvanah, or sincerity

Seven commandments which, according to Jewish tradition, are incumbent upon all of humankind.

Rabbinic readings of biblical stories suggest some pitfalls to be avoided in raising children.

The Seder Kabbalat Akharoot is a new ritual for accepting the loss of the dream for a biological child.

Writing and delivering the get (bill of divorce) is a complicated process requiring experts in Jewish divorce law.

The 19th-century rabbi who shaped a modern Orthodox community in bridging traditional practice and Enlightenment thinking.

Traditional rabbinic authorities forbid instigating the death of a terminally ill patient.

Most Jewish authorities permit test tube conception, but worry about what to do with the unneeded genetic material.

The ceremony of the "redemption" of the first-born son.