Imagine a conversation in a household during this season. A husband asks his wife: “Must we go to the holiday concert at ...
Judaism’s moral ideas did not remain confined to one people. They shaped Christianity, Islam, Western law, and global ethical ...
We sit with Adam Ferziger to explore how liberal and moderate forms of Judaism, forged in North America, took root in Israel ...
After October 7th, as Israelis instinctively reached for ritual, memory, and community, another movement unfolded alongside it—less visible at first, but no less consequential. Jews who had long felt ...
Yet this framing itself is mistaken. God did not ask the Jewish people to choose between faithfulness and responsibility, ...
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Faith can’t be forced: The dangers of coerced Judaism

When the Knesset legislates religious practice, it not only harms Israel's democracy but undermines the Jewish identity it ...
Why do people choose a particular religion? Maud, a 46-year-old television journalist who has been drawn to spirituality ...
The shift marks a significant change in tone for a movement that long treated intermarriage as a threat to Jewish continuity, ...
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman writes “when approached thoughtfully, Christmas can function as a once-a-year invitation for Jews to rest, reset, soften our emotional guard, and rediscover our own ...
Bay Area-born writer and producer Raphael Bob-Waksberg talks to J. about his latest animated series, “Long Story Short.” ...
Meet the other stars (Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Banks!) who have done the same. Natalie Portman, left, and husband Benjamin Millepied arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, for the 84th Annual Academy ...