(RNS) — The Jewish Diaspora Movement comes in response to U.S. Jewish legacy institutions’ unqualified support for Israel and ...

After years of court battles, Israel will allow women to take the exams men take to become rabbis. It is a step toward expanding women's leadership roles in Orthodox Judaism.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two thousand years ago, Jews were divided between competing sects all based on the Jewish scriptures, but with different ...

At the core of personal trauma there is often a loss of faith in life’s order and stability. When faced with a crisis, some people turn to religion. Others turn to artistic expression. David Gelernter ...

This essay is one of the winning submissions to the Rabbi Sacks Essay Contest. Drawing on the teachings and writings of Rabbi ...

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 ...

Speaking to a class at one of America’s major rabbinical seminaries, I once remarked in passing that “Judaism is built on the idea that God loves us and beckons us to love God back.” Seemingly ...

Most Jews see marriage as an important and necessary part of life. Judaism also has the mechanism for divorce when needed and the opportunity for remarriage. Judaism teaches that humans have been ...

Jewish identity is not supposed to be about holding onto lifestyle traditions; rather, it holds us accountable for the way we ...

What to Know About Reform Judaism After an Attack on One of Its Largest US Synagogues The Michigan synagogue that came under attack Thursday is part of Reform Judaism, the largest branch of the ...

In recent times, even within the Reform Jewish movement, a fortunately very small fringe of non-Zionist or openly anti-Zionist Jews has become more vocal. This is a phenomenon that must be named ...