How the Jewish year is numbered.

In the Torah, women are absent at the covenantal moment; to make up for this, Jewish history must be reconstructed.

Scholars debate whether the Israelites recognized only one God or worshipped only one God.

When and why Jews say an abbreviated Amidah. Full text and translation of Havinenu included.

While the Torah does not forbid premarital sex, the rabbis of the talmudic era prohibited it--but one modern authority proposed a sanctioned form of exclusive sexual relationship outside of marriage.

Jews from Arab lands are gaining more and more influence in Israeli society.

Jewish women serving congregation, denomination, American and world Jewry

The order of the Mishnah that describes the customs, laws, and rituals of Judaism's holy days

It is time for the Jewish community to reconsider its diet.

Imagine doing good the other 11 months.