Israel Shahak's theory that anti-Gentile traditions have influenced Israeli policy is well known in both Arab and anti-Semitic circles, but Jews have yet to properly confront it.

By listing the names of Jacob's family members who went into Egypt the Torah reminds us of the number of people who affect our lives.

Jacob and Rebecca teach us that we can alter our fates and achieve greatness.

The prohibition against non-Jewish practices, might relate to the practices of ancient Egypt, Canaan or the social and philosophical ways of non-Jews today.

Monday in the JTA, Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom published an op-ed in which he argued that it was time that Conservative rabbis officiate ...

Literature in Judeo-Spanish, the language of Sephardic Jews

How the beet ended up on the seder plate

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

A curtain or other divider separates men and women while they pray in some synagogues.

Jews need to put environmental issues higher on their agenda, the author argues.