In rabbinic texts, the distinction between childhood and young adulthood is the birth of the yetzer hatov, the good inclination.

Rituals for entering the Day of Atonement.

A short-lived yet influential movement.

“There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.” So says the author of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) in a ...

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

How should Jews live under foreign rule? These biblical books offer different answers to a 2,000-year-old question.

If a sea can split, anything is possible.

Mourning the destruction of both temples, as well as a number of other Jewish tragedies.

Thousands of people had passed by before we managed to gather a minyan (quorum) of ten for the evening prayers. ...

Focusing on the year that's ending.