Beliefs & Practices

The notion that souls can be reborn after death figures prominently in Jewish mysticism.

This kabbalistic concept has been embraced by Jewish feminists.

A rabbi offers advice about how to perform the mitzvah of visiting the sick with wisdom, discretion, and sensitivity.

A survey of Jewish feminist challenges and responses to traditionally male language for God.

Early Jewish literature was not concerned with proving God's existence or categorically defining God's nature.

Before we can begin speaking about God, we need to speak about speaking about God.

10 things to know about--and think about--when planning a brit milah ceremony.

Circumcision, with all its pain, reminds us of our partnership with God and the pain of fixing a broken world.

According to the kabbalists, evil is a bi-product of the relationship between humans and the sefirot, God's manifested attributes.

Early Jewish writers were more concerned with the randomness of suffering than with its actual existence.

Jewish thinkers have long struggled to understand why the righteous suffer. Here are some of their answers.