How do you close a synagogue? This is the question I have been confronting for the past few months as ...

Judaism is in fashion in the U.S.—and in Canada, too.Non-Jews are happy to join Jewish families. Christian communities want to explore ...

How Orthodox women found a halakhic way to be involved in services.

Jack Nash, a hedge fund pioneer and important Jewish philanthropist, passed away yesterday at the age of 79. Mr. Nash ...

The interesting history of coffee and Passover in America.

The three paragraphs of the Shema can be interpreted allegorically by connecting each of the three paragraphs to a different stage of a growing, loving relationship.

A new introduction to Judaism.

Ancient traditions and foods animate Passover Seder for Italian Jews

The life and times of this divisive dish.

Shmita, the Jewish sabbatical year, teaches that what we consider normal is just a construct -- and invites us to imagine alternatives.