Judaism once had a universalist vision, long before Christianity emerged as a distinct religion. What happened ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two thousand years ago, Jews were divided between competing sects all based on the Jewish scriptures, but with different ...

At a ‘Jewish Left’ conference, attendees set out to build new institutions that they consider more ethically grounded in ...

When Jewish leadership pitches the religion as there for the taking, many opt out, but when God needs every Jew's involvement ...

Judaism, like many ancient cultural and spiritual traditions, sees itself as the bearer of a sacred legacy—a divine inheritance rooted in covenant, memory, and mission. This self-understanding is not ...

From a spartan basement synagogue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson became the spiritual leader to tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews across the globe, a man whose counsel ...

Purim is meant to be loud: a holiday for drinking, dressing up, yelling and retelling a story of miraculous survival. Which means it’s easy to miss a brief but significant verse near the end of the ...

Tribe: An aggregate of people united by a shared story Tribalism: Mistaking story as history in service to the elevation of one tribe over all others Written by Rabbi Rami Shapiro, one of today’s most ...

This is a book that will open readers’ hearts and minds to Rabbi Riskin’s vision of Judaism, not just as a religion but as a profound and enduring love story. Many years ago, as a student in Rabbi ...

Speaking to a class at one of America’s major rabbinical seminaries, I once remarked in passing that “Judaism is built on the idea that God loves us and beckons us to love God back.” Seemingly ...

While Israeli soldiers fight for their lives, the High Court grants the Reform movement's extremists a foothold at the Western Wall, undermining Israel.

On the morning of Purim after I pray and hear the Scroll of Esther read aloud, I put a wad of $20 bills in my pocket and get on my ...