Israelis have not abandoned Judaism. They are abandoning those who claim ownership over it. The effort to enlist haredim in ...

Given the realities of our current time, we are more in need than ever of the depth, wisdom, and joy that Jewish tradition offers.

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 ...

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 ...

For generations of American Jews, particularly in the post-World War II suburbs, Conservative Judaism wasn’t the middle ...

To understand what religion looks like in 21st-century America, researchers may need to ask different questions.

An article looking at Liberal Judaism, including information about the ideas and philosophies of Liberal Jews, worship, customs and identity. Liberal Judaism, as the name suggests, is a progressive ...

In the beginning, before "Judaism" divides into different kinds and denominations and roams across the face of the earth, is the text: the Hebrew scripture and the story it tells. I use the present ...

In the early 1970s, American Jews were, on the whole, centrist and conventional. Most were married, and most to other Jews. Their largest religious denomination was the Conservative movement, with its ...

In a townhouse in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, a gathering for Tu B’Av was underway. There was chanting and breathwork, singing and ceremony. Several Brooklyn-based Jewish communities, including Temple of ...

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 ...