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 ...

Why do people choose a particular religion? Maud, a 46-year-old television journalist who has been drawn to spirituality ...

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 ...

The transition from not being Jewish to feeling and thinking Jewish is a gradual one. In Islam and Christianity God comes first. The proclamation that “Allah is God and Muhammad is his Prophet” makes ...

Yom Kippur is the most important day of the year for the Jewish faith and ends the 10-day period of repentance and reflection known as the "High Holidays," which began with Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur, ...

Lea Schenirer, a Pilates instructor and social media influencer, encourages women to light candles before Shabbat at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. Photo credit: Alanna Cooper via JNS Before Oct. 7, ...

The Neturei Karta often show up at protests with signs proclaiming that Judaism and Zionism are diametrically opposed. Their mistake is thinking that Judaism is just a religion, not a nation, while ...

“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 ...