After stepping down as chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary in the spring of 2020, Arnold Eisen found himself with the time and motivation to think about a big question he’d long put off as ...

In 1915, a Christian minister spoke at a Jewish funeral in Tupper Lake, New York. The synagogue is now celebrating its 120th ...

Every summer, the primary holiday segment of the Jewish calendar focuses on the story of our separation, or divorce, from God. Can God really decide to divorce us, the children of Israel? According to ...

"These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the people of Israel on Mount Sinai" (Leviticus 27:34). This verse is at the end of Chapter 7 of Leviticus, the third book of the Torah ...

“Where is God?” someone called out. “This is where,” Weisel said in his heart. “Hanging here from this gallows …” The question, “Where is God?” is the central question posed to us by the Holocaust, by ...

The protests over the war in Gaza that roiled many college campuses in the United States this past May and June raised once again the ancient specter of anti-Semitism. This year’s version of the ...

In February of last year, The New York Times ran a piece titled “A Jewish Teacher Criticized Israel. She Was Fired.” The piece told the story of Jessie Sander, a young woman who was dismissed from a ...

Do Israel’s actions in Gaza—the bombing of hospitals, apartments, and entire towns; policies of forced starvation and orders for people to flee their homes—constitute genocide? Last week South Africa ...

It’s not easy getting teens to think about God. Even if they go to Jewish day school. When one Jewish educational organization asked day school students in middle school and high school several years ...

Jewish liturgy can feel archaic or demanding, but its oldest words still have something to say to our most contemporary struggles, writes the host of the "Thoughts and Prayers" podcast.