In the Torah, the Hebrew word for the Five Books of Moses, there is not a single reference to a kippah, the circular piece of ...

The Torah remains unchanged, yet its message can be expressed anew in the language, challenges, and circumstances of every ...

A class by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg on the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah: Rambam requires salt on independent wine offerings because ...

Noting conditions at sea fail to meet minimum legal standards for animal welfare on land, petitioners call for changes in ...

Israel’s parliament has passed two laws that will effectively allow the continued exemption of ultra-Orthodox men from serving in the military. The legislation freezes the arrests of ultra-Orthodox dr ...

Columnist Rabbi Bruce D. Forman discusses the holiday of Tisha B’Av, which occurs on July 22, and where American Jews stand ...

Israel's parliament on Monday night gave final approval to a new Basic Law declaring Torah study a foundational value of the Jewish state. The 120-member Knesset passed the Basic Law: Torah Study in ...

Defying outcry from legal officials, the IDF, reservists and opposition parties, coalition secures final approval of flagship ...

Lately, I, a maximalist, have been yearning to be a minimalist. I am not alone. “People are stuck in their houses and sick of their stuff,” Randy Sabin, who runs estate and Internet sales, told me ...

When New York film critic Robinson began attending synagogue—something he had not done since his adolescence—he found himself confused. His vain search for a printed guide led him to write Essential ...