DURING THE RECENT Jewish holy day of Shavuot, we reflected on the story of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. It is said that other nations were offered the Torah, but only the Israelites chose ...

Disagreement is fundamental to Judaism. It is integral in the most basic scriptures of the religion such as the Talmud – the central text of Jewish practice and law. It isn’t for me to say, based on ...

“I was very private about it at first, because I wasn’t sure,” he said. But the more he studied, talked, and thought about the Jewish faith, “the more it felt right,” he said. PROVIDENCE — It was a ...