Jewish Texts

What does it take to be a “player” in Jewish life? No, not that kind of “player.” I mean, what ...

I had been thinking about my eldest daughter’s bat mitzvah for a long time. We belong to a Modern Orthodox ...

The Book of Genesis is nothing if not a story of dysfunctional families.Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Hagar, Sarah ...

How is a baby made? More specifically, what determines the future characteristics of the child? One answer emerges from the ...

My one-week vacation in the United States was a breath of fresh air. A whole week of conversations with family, ...

In recent weeks there has been a great deal said by presidential candidate, Donald Trump, that has caused deep upset ...

“The whole earth trembles and dances when the God of freedom appears.” (Psalm 114)Reading Stephen Mitchell‘s rendering of psalms always makes ...

With the deplorable situation in Santa Clara (the Stanford rape case), there has recently been a media focus on rape. ...

Proponents and opponents of Partnership Minyans have jointly fostered a single narrative. In that narrative, the only relevant technical halakhic ...

Heartbreaking news from the U.S. Violence against gays. The worst mass shooting. Hints of international terrorism.How should my fellow spiritual ...

Like a great many others have over these past few days, I have read the incredibly powerful letter written by ...

Women receiving aliyot (being called to the Torah) in Orthodox synagogues is a relatively new phenomenon. Its most prominent proponents are ...