Judaism has always been open to what the world is learning and saying. It has fallen to every generation of Jews to determine ...

When faced with tough choices, we reveal our character. One such pivotal moment occurs in this week’s Torah portion. It opens in the middle of an impassioned dialogue between Joseph, still unknown to ...

Two million Jews in the United States—at least one-third of the total—identify as Reform in polls. Yet, two prominent ...

I was very private about it at first, because I wasn’t sure,” Smiley said. But the more he studied, talked and thought about ...

Act 3, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” begins with one of the most famous texts in English literature: “To be or ...

This year's Hanukkah, which begins on Christmas Day, is providing an opportunity for interfaith engagement between Jewish and ...

On a recent visit to this port city, I was among a group of four Jews who were escorted by a guide to a five-month-old ...

Mayor Brett Smiley explained why he decided to start working with Rabbi Sarah Mack, who serves as Senior Rabbi of Temple Beth ...

Those who believe Jewish identity is synonymous with progressive political ideology often come from backgrounds with little grounding in traditional Judaism. Since the advent of the Haskalah ...

One of Drazin’s central arguments is that the Bible often raises more questions than it answers. Many biblical terms and ...

The big question, of course, is this: what should a reinvigorated and revitalized American Judaism look like to help foster and sustain this positive development? Over the past year or so ...