These simple words mask a subtle theological statement about the primordial past and the perfected "world to come."

Advertising deals in dissatisfaction, argues one environmental activist. We buy to cure deficiencies that ads mercilessly invent, encouraging us to covet what others have.

Gender and sexuality are motifs for women Holocaust writers.

Intermarried Jews became very common on television in the 1990s.

A minority in the Jewish state.

Questions and answers about the ethics of circumcision.

Taboo in Jewish tradition, but increasingly popular nonetheless.

The selections highlight different aspects of the holiday.

Turning and returning.

Why some Jews ritualize their son's first haircut at age 3.