Congregation Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley marked the start of its Torah, Ruach, Limmud Campaign with a Torah writing celebration weekend from April 3 to 6. The events included Torah writing sessions ...

Some people think the Talmud tries to teach us to think like the Sages. Trying that would be so presumptuous. We can never think on their level. And it’s totally unwise trying to learn their texts by ...

The universe is a pretty big place,' Carl Sagan said. 'If it is just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.' Did God reveal Himself to others besides the Jews - both here and 'out there'?

A moving ceremony: In the presence of Israel’s Chief Rabbi, prominent rabbis, and family members, a Torah scroll was ...

Serious Talmud study is something reserved for the most highly educated Jews and requires a good grasp of Hebrew and Aramaic. What if it were made available to every English speaker without ...

Thousands of years ago, Jewish sages gazed at the stars, trying to understand what they meant for a person's fate. Today, we do the same, but with slightly different methods. Astrology in Jewish ...

(RNS) — Everyone fears a shrew, but we rarely try to understand them. Modern theater makers are consistently troubled about how to present Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew” to today’s ...