The centrality of God in Judaism may not be as straightforward as you think.

When someone can be officially determined dead depends on one's interpretation of a key passage in the Talmud.

White rabbis are talking about race. Over the last few years, sermons about race and racial issues have come to ...

A feminist exploration of traditional teachings on gossip

The first prime minister of the Jewish state.

The link Maimonides found between confession and repentance.

Jewish literature flourished in Ukraine in the late 19th and early 20th century.

The writings of the "Hafetz Hayyim," Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan.

A Renaissance composer who applied the conventions of choral music to Jewish liturgy

The Jewish national poet.