Despite the mitzvah’s relatively modest baseline, many people exchange dozens of food gifts with family, friends and ...

In her debut book, ‘The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic,’ Gila Fine, a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute ...

A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...

On Purim, Jews celebrate a long-ago victory over hatred, but it's worth praying too for the frustration of some modern ...

The answer is that even when Hashem hides His face, He is still there. A person wearing a mask is still the same person underneath. The story of Purim is all about hiding and revealing. It is about ...

Israel’s softheartedness is a big problem. I’m not advocating that Israelis copy the inhuman, atrocious behavior of our enemies, but there must be a change from Israel trying to please the UN (won’t ...

The Munich Talmud or The Survivors Talmud boasts vibrant title pages, capturing the historic moment of printing in postwar Germany.

If you encounter a stranger crying in a public place, what do you do? For many people, a natural instinct is avoidance. Rabbi Sharon Brous has a much different reaction.

In Chai Cycle’s twice-monthly rides, the group pedals 25 to 30 miles in total and takes a break in the middle to discuss ...

The New York State Education Department wrote in English and Yiddish to two Chassidic schools in the Williamsburg ...

People have always worried about destiny — what could be more human! That’s what God is for: to reassure us that there’s a ...