Bioethics
The idea that human rights encompass a right to self-destruction is evil.
Levirate marriage for the 21st century, or desecration of corpses?
A right to grandchildren?
Beware the slippery slopes to the north.
Laugh, marry, light Sabbath candles—and look to C.S. Lewis for guidance.
A light unto the nations.
Who has a child’s best interests at heart?
What’s wrong with playing God?
The body, the soul, and the Jewish culture of fertility.
Was his life worth living?
A groundbreaking essay.
The legendary figure is less a guide to the wonders of human ingenuity and innovation than a necessary reminder of human constraints and limitations.
Judaism recognizes vegetarianism as an ideal, wrote Israel's first chief rabbi, Abraham Isaac Kook, but Jews must not elevate the welfare of animals above that of human beings.
A new Pew survey shows that younger Americans have more relaxed attitudes toward marriage and parenthood than their elders—until they become spouses and parents themselves.
