By adding new hymns, prayers, and meditations, medieval Jewish mystics reframed Jewish worship in their own esoteric terms.

A contemporary Conservative rabbi reviews the Jewish legal literature for guidance on how much to ask about a person who solicits us for tzedakah--or whether to give to all who request our help.

Not everyone admired Singer's fiction.

The uses and abuses of Anne Frank's diary.

Exclusively the territory of young men for so long, rabbinical schools today in the non-Orthodox movements are welcoming women and gay students.

How to make a home for yourself in a new Jewish community

How this genre gleans deep meaning from the Torah's text

Spraying It, Not Saying It.

The author adapts biblical texts to create a ritual that expresses the anguish of terminating a pregnancy

If we reject male God language, we lose a powerful metaphor: the husband-wife relationship between God and the Jews.