Memoirs of leaving the Orthodox Jewish world have become a genre with their own familiar arc. The protagonist flees an oppressive religious world, is ostracized by family and former friends, ...

Some are embracing the boost for Judaism's central practice. Others say it's an avatar of Christian nationalism.

Judaism, like many ancient cultural and spiritual traditions, sees itself as the bearer of a sacred legacy—a divine inheritance rooted in covenant, memory, and mission. This self-understanding is not ...

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 ...

This essay is one of the winning submissions to the Rabbi Sacks Essay Contest. Drawing on the teachings and writings of Rabbi ...

People, leadership, and land are the three foundations of the Jewish nation; understanding how each of these pillars ...

Rabbi Dov Landau, a leading figure in Israel's Lithuanian Haredi community, on Tuesday ordered ultra-Orthodox lawmakers to "work toward dissolving the Knesset as soon as possible." "From this point ...

Edelman’s show last year was a huge hit. Becca Meyers (producing director of JFEST) said in her introduction that Edelman is ...

At the core of personal trauma there is often a loss of faith in life’s order and stability. When faced with a crisis, some people turn to religion. Others turn to artistic expression. David Gelernter ...

Our Judaism is broadly defined as the collective historical experience of the Jewish people – a widely and wildly diverse experience that has helped foster our extraordinary resilience. For a long ...