Alan Kaufman has gone through a lot of cocoons. A beat poet who went big with his hugely-successful anthology The ...

Why does the daily liturgy thank God for not making you a Gentile, slave, or a woman?

Moving from praise to petition to thanksgiving, the Amidah inculcates a sense of connection to God.

Opposition to Tradition of Commentary on Jewish Texts. Connections in Jewish Texts. About Jewish Texts. Jewish Texts. People of the Book.

Judaism and Jewish identity in the work of Arthur Miller.

Jewish dance from the Bible to Hasidism.

A coordinated Palestinian terrorist attack and hostage situation in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed.

Great traditional Jewish jokes.

A look at the many different ways Jews define their Judaism today.

Smaller but more committed, the movement is seeing vibrant, sometimes divisive debate as it navigates between tradition and change.