There is a lot to learn from the long tradition of Jewish aversion to pork.

It is important to see the value in Esau as well as Jacob.

Tough love from the Torah, and the rabbis' attempts to mitigate it.

The understanding that Israelite troops were addressed on two different occasions before they entered war reflects the idea that our reactions to war often depend on its imminence.

What are the characteristics of a good leader?

Responding to the challenge of faith in a post-Holocaust world.

Jewish adventurers were crucial in establishing American civilization on the West Coast.

How this Hungarian Jew became a national heroine of Israel.

Giving Jewish women a voice.

Amsterdam became a haven for Jewish refugees from the Inquisition.