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The Bearers of Tradition

Opposition to Tradition of Commentary on Jewish Texts. Connections in Jewish Texts. About Jewish Texts. Jewish Texts. People of the Book.

Non-Traditional Jewish Identities

A look at the many different ways Jews define their Judaism today.

Arthur Miller’s Jewish Themes

Judaism and Jewish identity in the work of Arthur Miller.

The History of Jewish Dance

Jewish dance from the Bible to Hasidism.

What Happened at the ’72 Munich Olympics

A coordinated Palestinian terrorist attack and hostage situation in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed.

Conservative Judaism Today

Smaller but more committed, the movement is seeing vibrant, sometimes divisive debate as it navigates between tradition and change.

Alan Kaufman Interview: The Radical Subversion of Zionist Art

Alan Kaufman has gone through a lot of cocoons. A beat poet who went big with his hugely-successful anthology The ...

God Hears, But What We Do Matters Most

Miriam and Aaron's criticism of Moses, and Miriam's punishment of leprosy teach lessons of sibling and communal responsibility.

Emmanuel Levinas

A 20th-century philosopher whose Jewish sensibility influenced his encounter with Western thought and ethics.

Pre-Modern Synagogue Architecture and Interior Design

Synagogues share certain functional interior furnishings, but there is no architectural design or artistic style that characterizes a synagogue.

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