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Jewish Divorce: Get Abuse

Failing to give a get is a type of domestic abuse.

Don Solomono, Jewish Indian Chief

Solomon Bibo won the trust of the Acoma Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, and in 1888 he became governor of the Acoma Pueblo.

Ask the Expert: Shabbat in the Land of the Midnight Sun

How can I tell when Shabbat starts if it never gets dark?

Yom Ha’atzmaut: Israel Independence Day

The celebration of Israeli independence is marked each year on the fifth day of the Hebrew month of Iyar.

Summary of Tractate Megillah

This talmudic tractate covers Purim, reading the Torah and more.

Elohai Netzor: The Gift of Spaciousness in Prayer

This additional paragraph recited at the conclusion of the Amidah was one of a number of personal meditations the ancient rabbis would recite.

The Catholic Mentsch Teaching Jewish Sunday School in the Mississippi Delta

News flash: In Greenwood, Mississippi, Jewish religious school has officially been deemed “cool.” And it’s thanks in large part to ...

Yeshayahu Leibowitz

This Israeli philosopher saw problems with both secular and religious Zionism.

Civil Disobedience in the Bible

The Bible has a number of models for nonviolent resistance.

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