What Jewish tradition says about cats, dogs and other companion animals.

Cursing and blessing the Israelites.

In mystical terms, this is a period of time leading to the unification of the male and female aspects of the Divine.

Maimonides' extensive writings on Jewish law, or halachah, remain an unsurpassed accomplishment.

Jonathan Safran Foer's 9/11 novel explores the dialectic between absence and presence.

Modern-day plagues are occurring with greatly increasing frequency around the world.

A remarkable discovery with eternal repercussions

Rabbi Akiva argued that the Song of Songs "defiled the hands" — which meant it was sacred. In fact, he argued it was the most sacred book of the Bible.

The philosophers of the Middle Ages believed they were unearthing existing wisdom, not creating new ideas.

In contemporary Jewish thought.