Reform Judaism chose Zionism. It did so with eyes open, after the most catastrophic century in Jewish history. That choice was not a mistake. It was a homecoming. And those of us who understand this ...

This heartfelt work is a candid, absorbing memoir that explores how faith is shaped not only by belief, but by resistance, inheritance, and choice. Rather than presenting a straight line toward ...

This week’s Torah portion, Mishpatim, represents the first extensive listing of laws given by God to the Israelites through Moses. In many ways, it can be seen as an expansion ...

(RNS) — 'If Jewish identity is built only on shared trauma,' said the Australian rabbi who led Chabad of Bondi, 'then we hand ...

The concept of divine election – the theological claim that God has singled out a particular community for covenant, mission, and metaphysical favor – has been so thoroughly associated with Judaism ...

The mitzvah of honoring one's parents is not a narrow religious demand but a foundational moral duty.

Our Judaism is broadly defined as the collective historical experience of the Jewish people – a widely and wildly diverse experience that has helped foster our extraordinary resilience. For a long ...

Meet Dennis Johnson, a passionate member of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, dedicated to supporting queer Jewish communities.

A secular Jew asked me why I was converting to Judaism. Why would a rational, educated woman choose to join an ancient people and embrace traditions that seem to belong to another age? Did I truly ...

One of the most striking findings in the recent Pew Research Center survey on Jews in America is the massive decline of Conservative Judaism. While 43% of American Jews affiliated as Conservative Jews ...

...the point of this form of Judaism is to make Judaism live in our own lives and in those of our descendants by balancing and mixing the traditional with the modern. Rabbi Elliot N Dorf, United ...