judaism

American black community finds spiritual home in the Negev.

Saul's son and David's friend.

The first king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel.

This judge and warrior led the Israelites in battle against the Ammonites.

Abraham's first son also became the ancestor of a great nation.

An American who spied for Israel.

Shabbat gives us an opportunity to stop trying to control the world.

It is easy to feel disconnected from those who are most unlike us.

While the offense was once punishable by death, Jews do not enforce the rules anymore.

Once a name for sinners who repented, ba'al teshuvah now describes a Jew who returns to Orthodoxy — or becomes Orthodox for the first time.