Tomer Persico leads a conversation with Masua Sagiv and Shraga Bar-On on what American democracy looks like from the Israeli point of view.

Gathering in prayer for the well-being of rabbis and spiritual leaders in this moment of intense pressure and concern.

The Shoah had a great impact upon Jewish identity, but not on religious life.

We have much to learn from the Jewish intellectuals who lead American neo-conservatism who combine liberal excellence with conservatism

Here's how the new Jewish Agency chairman can be a crucial bridge between Israel and the whole Jewish people.

Israel is a collective project of all the Jewish people. The legal system is not just secular but also Jewish and cannot be privatized.

Should national law in Israel, the same law that gave the Orthodox the monopoly on marriage and divorce, consider halakhic principles in proving fatherhood? Would opening the discussion worsen or improve the mamzer problem?

How did His 13 Attributes Develop into 'attributes of mercy'? By changing His mind and forgiving, God proves that He puts compassion over anger.

What is the Festival of Shavuot, then? Shavuot is the Festival of revelation

Lots have been commonly used in Jewish culture as well. In the Bible, the casting of lots is used for the Yom Kippur sacrificial goats

Megillat Esther is the most secular book in the Bible. Not because it represents the sanctity of God, but maybe because it expresses the sanctity of shared Jewish identity.

The origin and spiritual significance of a liturgical gesture.

A closer look at the Talmud's description of Tu B'Av reveals a revolutionary, therapeutic recasting of the traumatic biblical story.

Bonna Devora Haberman, one of the “Women of the Wall” founders, was many things: researcher, rabbi and activist, Israeli, and American.

Passover is the holiday of freedom, but the meaning of freedom can be grasped in different and even contradictory ways.

Maybe the post-Holocaust believer has 10 tons of pain, but four cubits of halakha, as was said after the destruction of the Second Temple