Beliefs & Practices

A.J. Jacobs is a bit of a gonzo journalist and a little bit of an undercover secret agent — but, ...

Samuel Heilman serves as a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Queens College of the City University of New York and ...

The images of God as lover, friend, companion, and co-creator are more appropriate metaphors for the God of the covenant ...

The Jewish people were rebuked for having “having forgotten God, Who formed you†(D’varim 32:18). This forgetfulness is the principle ...

Look, it’s all semantics, okay? Whatever you want to call God — Hashem, Elokim, the Creator, the One, the Dude, ...

Each individual soul is unique and special, in terms of its essence, its capacity, and what is demanded of it. ...

What is taken as God’s speech is really always man’s hearing…that God is not the strategist of our particularities or ...

I’m not a frequent reader of Passive Aggressive Notes, but it’s a brilliant site, and I especially liked this note ...

You don’t believe in the Messiah? You don’t think the Apocalypse is coming? As of yesterday morning, I’ll admit that ...

“Inscribe us in the Book of Life.†This must be understood in a spiritual sense. When a man clings to ...

When I was a kid, when the Moses family went on vacation, we did fun, wholesome things. You know, like ...

I got a pretty wild question in my inbox the other day, in regard to a college application:“‘I am a ...