A class by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg on the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah: The revolutionary principle that separating tithes and giving them to Kohanim is one unified mitzvah performed at the moment of ...

Halakha and ethics: a case study.

Family photos, cherished sacred books, children’s toys and many more items create a collage like portrait of Jewish ...

When one makes peace in his home, the Torah considers it as if he established peace among the entire Jewish Nation.

French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.

Only when there is silence, and the complete absence of ego, can the truth be heard, understood, and accepted. The Torah is the absolute and whole truth and can therefore only be given when there is a ...

This name Jesus for Christians, Allah for Muslims and YHVH for Jews, differs from all the other names that are just philosophical terms for various universal aspects or roles of God. This Divine name ...

The Rebbe was not only a brilliant scholar, but he was also a leader who taught us to live with faith that reaches beyond reason. He reminded us that doing a mitzvah, even one we don’t fully ...

Rabbi Yosei says: Even when he can find a place to study Torah in Eretz Yisrael, he may leave the country and become ritually ...

The ancient sources implying Queen Zenobia converted to Judaism are possibly accurate,” Haggai Olshanetsky, of University of Warsaw, told JNS.The post Third-century queen, target of Syrian government, ...

Wars are often waged in the name of religion. So what do key texts from Christianity, Islam and Judaism say about the ...