A college student reflects on how her Jewish roots led her to her college best friend, and how that friend helped her grow ...

If a person misses even one day of counting the Omer, thus “breaking” the set, he is no longer permitted to count new days with a blessing.

For the first time, “we” includes the United States of America, as Pope Leo XIV is the first American pope, the first pope ...

But, in post-biblical Judaism, Jews taught that the dead would reside with God in olam haba, “the world to come,” or in a ...

Most of Miller’s plays were performed in Israel, beginning with Salesman, which was performed at the Habimah National Theatre in Tel Aviv (1951). He visited Israel several times, once attending a pr ...

In the ideological boxing ring, can secularism K.O. “primitive” belief? Do mitzvos label us backward and ignorant? The Avner Institute presents the Rebbe’s “letter within a letter” -- one to a rabbi, ...

Disney's Mickey Mouse Funhouse features a Jewish character, Hilda, wearing a Messianic seal at a Hanukkah celebration.

Throughout all of his writings, Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook stresses the necessity of learning the secrets of Torah at the time of Israel’s Redemption: “The revelation of the secrets of Torah ...

The Vietnamese Buddhist sage Thich Nhat Hanh instituted a mindfulness practice in his monastery. At regular intervals, a bell ...

Jay Sanderson led the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles for 12 years before his tenure ended in 2022. Last week, ...

It is important in our times to understand the history and use of terms such as Zionism, Israel and the Jews, and how or if they are connected to Judaism. Or to understand whether Judaism is a ...