Rosner’s book was written primarily for non-practicing Jews perplexed by Judaism in general and by apparent contradictions ...
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Is tradition in Judaism still relevant?

Why would a rational, educated woman choose to join an ancient people and embrace traditions that seem to belong to another ...
Judaism’s moral ideas did not remain confined to one people. They shaped Christianity, Islam, Western law, and global ethical discourse. Even societies that reject religion still rely heavily on ...
Understanding what makes Judaism and Jewish civilization different and seeing if it can explain Jew-hatred in Christianity and Islam. What makes Judaism different from all other religions? And does ...
The report on teaching aids followed a speech by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in which he called Budapest the safest European capital for Jews.The post Hungarian textbooks deemed fair, in-depth ...
The Bible is the world’s most influential book. But books, like people, can be influential because of what they say, or because of what they are thought to have said. With a book as huge as the Bible, ...
Years ago, Steven R. Weisman visited a friend in Israel who had grown up in a non-observant Jewish-American household like him. But, unlike Weisman, the friend had become devoutly Orthodox. Thinking ...
Tomorrow night, along with Jews across America and around the world, I’ll be heading to my synagogue to begin observing Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. For most of my life, I attended ...
...the point of this form of Judaism is to make Judaism live in our own lives and in those of our descendants by balancing and mixing the traditional with the modern. Rabbi Elliot N Dorf, United ...
Judaism doesn't come from God, it comes from the Jews - and the rest is commentary. Rabbi Richard Hirsh: Reconstructionism Today, Winter 2004-5 ...the branch of Judaism least tied to the past and most ...