Beliefs & Practices

I’m kind of hardcore about separation of church and state. Most of the religious things that people want to bring ...

In Denmark, a bill was proposed which would prohibit the circumcision of any men before the age of 15. Ynet ...

A reader wrote in, asking me to post this article, which is the most complete account I’ve found so far ...

Guest blogger Simcha Weinstein is the rabbi of the Pratt Institute. His latest book, Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the ...

I’m a big fan of religious controversy.  I like it when people stand up and say things that make any ...

Last week, I blogged about the Jewish community’s (and particularly the Orthodox community’s) confrontation with residual racism (in light of ...

In the mid-’90s, Israeli television personality Gil Kopatch brought Rabbi Mordechai Gafni on his sports/talk/news show to discuss the weekly ...

An update on the evolution debate my home state of Crazyland, aka Texas. Just before the school year, the board ...

Last night I went to the Mechon Hadar beit midrash  for a session on prayer leaders, and what qualities a ...

Controversy time!Have an opinion on California’s Proposition 8 banning gay marriage? You are not the only one. Check out the ...

Having been going to Jewish summer camp since I was nine, I have always been taught that Bob Dylan is ...

Let it not be said that the Jews of the world have neglected the Internet as a way of spreading ...