Beliefs & Practices

There’s a famous Jewish text called the Kuzari, written by Judah HaLevi. In it, the king of the Khazars has ...

Much attention has been given to the use of “gray water,” but there are many different forms of gray water, ...

I tend to think of Richard Dawkins as slightly deranged, but I respect his right to have an opinion. I ...

All the words have been given by a single Shepherd … so you build many chambers in your heart and ...

Today is the 17th of Tammuz, the day when five big catastrophes happened in Judaism:* Moses smashed the original Ten ...

8:00 a.m. It’s been 7 hours since last night ended — and 3 hours since I woke up — and ...

Secret disclosure #481516: I like to collect evangelical Christian tractates.Since I’ve become a parent and gotten a regular gig — ...

I woke up Wednesday morning with a new bounce in my step. Today was the day I was going to ...

I’m a big proponent of making the Torah relevant for modern society and everyday life. Maybe it’s my whole Orthodox ...

It was only a matter of time until a halakhic question would somehow creep into the Michael Jackson madness. In ...

Inbal Freund-Novick is an organizational consultant and co-founder of The Unmasked Comics Project, a social change comics venture with comics ...

Are there really more Muslims than Jews in the US? (Chicago Jewish News)Should Jews shun “Messianic Jews“? (Beliefnet)Soli Shahvar, Amos ...