Jewish Thought

Rema's glosses emended and enhanced the Shulchan Aruch.

Maimonides' halachic magnum opus.

In modernity, Jews have believed in various kinds of Zionism--and some have also stood in opposition.

Rabbinic readings of biblical stories suggest some pitfalls to be avoided in raising children.

According to Reconstructionism's founder, the idea of chosenness divides peoples from each other and should be rejected, not reinterpreted.

The 19th-century rabbi who shaped a modern Orthodox community in bridging traditional practice and Enlightenment thinking.

Along with truth and justice, peace is among the most hallowed Jewish values.

From the commandment not to cut down trees in war, we derive the prohibition against the careless destruction of nature.

The principles of ethics embodied in Jewish legal and ethical writings apply explicitly to business situations.

The jubilee year provided for a period of both social equality and ecological recovery.

Joseph Caro and Moses Cordovero, icons of Safed mysticism, elaborated on the teachings of the Zohar.

A review of the life, thought, and work of this influential 20th-century existentialist thinker and Jewish educator.