Religion & Holidays
Modern freedoms leave us wanting more. The author of our monthly essay joins us and a noted rabbi to talk about how conversion came to be an antidote to liberal restlessness.
According to the Talmud, when God handed down the commandments, he handed them down in every language at once.
Parent-child collaborations are rare enough in literary history. Grandparent-grandchild collaborations are unheard of, until the publication this spring of a new study of the book of Ruth.
Why should a Hebrew verb originally meaning to puncture have produced so many words relating to both the non-holy and to holes?
Meaning is sought outside of America’s houses of worship by the many young who are “spiritual but not religious.” We liberal Jews must have something to say to these seekers.
Meir Soloveichik explains how the seder’s four cups of wine elevate the holiday, while two enthusiasts recommend their favorite wines from the great regions of Jewish viticulture.
Why American Ḥaredim have responded so differently from other Jews to the pandemic.
After the golden calf, something wondrous happens. Leon Kass walks us through what that is in this final installment of our series on Exodus.
The digital forces now at work on Jewish communities reflect a challenge that American churches have been wrestling with for decades now.
Why does Moses order every Levite to practice fratricide?
Moshe Koppel’s new book Judaism Straight Up looks at today’s progressive and traditional moral psychologies and finds one wanting.
This week, we learn that God wants to be known not only as the Israelites’ deliverer from bondage but also as an immediate and permanent presence in their lives.
The star of this week’s Purim story gets her point across because of the way she tells certain truths.
Does the preservation of the covenant depend upon repeated revelations and direct divine encounters, or are there more permanent ways?
