Authentic dialogue, he writes, requires that each party be allowed to speak for themself (so, for example, Christian educators should not be the primary source of information about Judaism for their ...

Two thousand years ago, Jews were divided between competing sects all based on the Jewish scriptures, but with different interpretations. After the Romans destroyed the Jerusalem Temple in 70 C.E., ...

(RNS) — One academic's determination to teach Darija, the Moroccan Arabic dialect, has allowed diaspora Moroccan Jews to ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days leading up to Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Here's what to ...

A secular Jew asked me why I was converting to Judaism. Why would a rational, educated woman choose to join an ancient people and embrace traditions that seem to belong to another age? Did I truly ...

“Neshama,” Marcella Pixley’s lyrically written novel-in-verse, won the gold medal for Jewish children’s literature for middle ...

(RNS) — I am talking about the creation of a thick American Jewish culture firmly rooted in American life and firmly rooted in Jewish traditions. (RNS) — Jews have been living on an emotional roller ...

John Efron digests centuries of German Jewish history, including medieval meat markets and a Nazi era obsession with kosher ...

To fully welcome interfaith families and other marginalized groups, synagogues and rabbis need to match words with actions, ...

It had all the trappings of a conventional Christmas pageant: the three wise men, Christmas carols, and children dressed as angels.