The Jewish population of Judea and Galilee was divided into three religious groups, two major and one minor. The largest group by numbers were the Pharisees but they were not a majority.

Ancient Israel and Judah before Adler’s chosen period and the postbiblical rabbinic Judaism that emerged after it are, in fact, defined by legal and ideological pluralism. Contemporary scholars assume ...

The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) created, in conjunction with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, uniform Conversion Policies and Standards (“GPS”) for conversion to Judaism and a nationwide network ...

rabbinical or educational positions,” the court said. In a statement issued through his attorney, Yaacobov disputed the court’s legitimacy under Jewish law and said its process had been “one ...

The statement acknowledges that opposition to DEI isn’t limited to conservatives but says Jews should not give up on DEI.

After selling its Greenwich Village building for $75.5 million to neighboring New York University at the end of January, the ...

Rabbi Moshe Herson, 90, who helped establish scores of New Jersey synagogues, died less than month after the death of his wife, Pearl, on Dec. 26.