Jewish humor and Jewish theology share something in common. I can think of any number of jokes whose punch lines say something profound about God (“Work with me here — buy a ticket!”). And we need ...

Bread is one of Judaism’s oldest civic technologies. It binds memory to practice, heritage to the week’s rhythms.

While Hanukkah is not the most significant of Jewish holidays, its timing near Christmas makes it more noticeable to most non-Jewish Americans. This year Christmas falls during Hanukkah, the Jewish ...

Contemporary Jewish Theology: A Reader, edited by Elliot N. Dorff and Louis E. Newman. Here is an introduction to Jewish thought in bite-size pieces. This fine collection offers good tastes of the ...

Rabbi Louis Jacobs (1920–2006) was the greatest British Jew who ever lived, according to a 2005 survey by The Jewish Chronicle. This was a surprise to me, since I never even heard of him until I was ...

For several months, I’ve been interviewing clergy and other Jewish thinkers about God for a series in the Forward called Still Small Voice. Last week, one of those scholars, Dr. Yehudah Kurtzer, ...

The covenant God makes with Abraham in Genesis twelve is given without conditions, and God promises to bless those who bless ...

The New York Times columnist told an interviewer, "I feel more Jewish and more attached to the Christian story than ever." (JTA) — David Brooks is usually included in the long list of Jewish ...

Lawsuits are being filed around the country to try to restore abortion access following the Supreme Court's decision. One in Florida argues that banning abortion is a violation of Jews' First ...

As Easter approaches, Christians around the world begin to focus on two of the central tenets of their faith: the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Other charismatic Jewish teachers or ...