Pinchas' violent act raises questions about the extent of any leader's authority.

The mitzvah of doing nothing.

When news of Nazi assaults of Jewish businesses in Germany reached the United States, numerous Jewish groups responded.

Over at Jewcy, editor Joey Kurtzman and JTS provost Jack Wertheimer recently concluded a heated debate about the state of ...

Hillel at the University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma's chapter of Hillel, a Jewish campus organization  

It wasn’t the first time I traveled in a car with a Torah, but I’d never actually put one in ...

Better than death.

Nowhere did Jews identify themselves more forth­rightly with the liberal avant-garde than in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

Longtime leader of Israel's Labor Party.

The masters of Kabbalah ascribed radically new meaning and importance to traditional practices of prayer.