These days, public monuments don’t have an easy time of it. Variously speckled with graffiti, pelted with red paint, rendered ...

Weizmann went on to become the first President of the State of Israel.Bettmann Archive— Albert Einstein’s father, Hermann, ...

The Michigan synagogue that came under attack Thursday is part of Reform Judaism, the largest branch of the religion in North ...

Having completed the last two and highly important Torah portions, Yitro and Mishpatim, we come face to face with the very essence of Judaism. Joined together by the letter vav, at the beginning of ...

Ari and Lauren Douglas’ wedding had many of the hallmarks of a traditional Jewish ceremony. The couple stood under a traditional covering called a chuppah, as a cantor recited a series of blessings.

(RNS) — Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A Reform rabbi visits an Orthodox community, and a good time is had by all. Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth, an Orthodox synagogue in Wilmington, Delaware, celebrated ...

To quote Shakespeare, writing of the death of the Thane of Cawdor in “Macbeth”: “Nothing in his life became him like the leaving of it.” So it was with Pope Francis, who died on the day after Easter – ...

Tzvi Novick begins his new book with the three maxims for interreligious dialogue that were famously taught by Krister Stendahl, bishop of the Church of Sweden in the 1980s. Authentic dialogue, he ...

A couple of years ago, I attended a Friday night Shabbat service at a little shul in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The space was heimish. The community was welcoming. The melodies were soulful. But when ...