Beliefs & Practices

Menstruation and “Family Purity” (Taharat Ha-Mishpacha)

An act of will is required to turn our thoughts back to the sacred after a bodily event has focused our attention on the very physical here-and-now.

Discretion in appearance and speech is designed to protect our souls from assault by a coarse world.

In the Middle Ages, a Jewish woman's social well-being was considered important, but her life was strictly guided by Jewish law.

Considering the role of gender in producing knowledge about Judaism.

Traditional Judaism can--and should--embrace feminism to allow for greater equality in Jewish religious life.

Many of the stringent restrictions that apply on Tisha B'Av and Yom Kippur do not apply to the minor fasts.

Judaism isn't entirely clear on what happens after we die.

Rabbinic commentators interpreted the law of leaving the corners of one's field for those in need in light of their own concerns about the poor.

This phrase with kabbalistic roots has come to connote social justice.

How insider trading and intellectual property theft are viewed.

Tefillin are reminders of God's laws.

Judaism is famously ambiguous about what happens when we die.