Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

Tensions exist between national observance and private remembrance on Yom Hazikaron, Israel's Memorial Day.

This fast commemorates the beginning of the end of the First Temple.

From religious idea to secular ideology.

Spiritual preparation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur can make the holidays that much more meaningful.

The kabbalistic false messiah gained a mass following in the 17th century — until he converted to Islam.

The different types of Jewish festivals

Coping with destruction and building for the future.

A new Jewish ritual for sending young people off to college.

Yizkor is part of an ongoing conversation with the dead, but what we don't realize is that we constantly converse with the dead in daily life.