Today, the term animal chaplaincy is often perceived as something new or unusual. Yet a closer look reveals that it is not an innovation at all, but a return to the most ancient form of Judaism — ...

(RNS) — The news hit hard: Only one-third of American Jews identify as Zionist, even as nearly 90% support Israel’s right to ...

History, identity, and antisemitism are colliding, forcing a long overdue reckoning ...

And although most Jews share a common gene pool, they are becoming more diverse because any non-Jew who converts to Judaism will be recognized as being Jewish by all those rabbis who share a ...

Over 100 years after Herzl’s Der Judenstaat, Israel faces global antisemitism, internal divisions, and the ongoing fight for ...

To fully grasp the concept of the Return, one must consider it in all its dimensions and at all of its levels.

Leaving a fundamentalist community isn't just changing beliefs—it's psychological death and rebirth. One scholar's journey ...

One by one, the Ten Commandments teach us how we bring God into our daily lives. Each additional commandment encourages us to ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on Wednesday for Israel to rescind recent measures to expand control ...

To treat G-d’s creatures with justice and compassion is to affirm, through our daily conduct, that the world and humanity are ...

Rabbi Bruce D. Forman discusses Parashat Mishpatim, which dives into case law: damages, injuries, lost property, workers’ rights, responsibility for animals, protecting the vulnerable.

Awareness of, and alarm about, antisemitism has been growing since the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, and the ensuing war in ...