As a Jew reading about Pope Francis’ funeral wishes, the precedent set by Rabban Gamliel immediately came to mind. These two ...

Rabbi Pinto explained: “Cutting the child’s hair at age three is akin to removing the orlah — a physical act representing the ...

The importance of these artifacts transcends history or archaeology. Their captivity in gentile hands, if that is still the ...

Calling out in prayer and beseeching God to answer our supplications involves an element of entitlement, perhaps even ...

In response to the Faith column “What is a Jew” by Mr. Stanley Chester at Beit Aveinu Church on April 19, the following is from the perspective of mainstream Judaism ...

There are six remembrances found in the Torah – remembering the Shabbat and keeping it holy, the exodus from Egypt, the ...

The fact that my family and I have experienced Grace is enough. As we commemorate Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, ...

The answer goes beyond the physical liberation of a nation; it touches the essence of human dignity, divine purpose, and ...

Bnei Brak appears to have been a popular Passover destination for the sages who figure so prominently in the Haggadah ... In early modern Europe, Jewish communities often enforced sumptuary laws. The ...

“The stories here tell the remarkable contributions Jewish Americans have made to the city, the state and the country,” Ginsberg said on a recent drizzly morning spent walking and driving ...

naming several Jewish sages and leaders throughout history who had been imprisoned for various reasons. “Each had been in my position,” she wrote. “I learned, as my forebears did ...