A couple of years ago, I attended a Friday night Shabbat service at a little shul in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The space was heimish. The community was welcoming. The melodies were soulful. But when ...

I am talking to a friend of mine about his experience on various dating sites. He tells me that from time to time, he will come across a profile that seems promising. And then, right there in the ...

Tomorrow night, along with Jews across America and around the world, I’ll be heading to my synagogue to begin observing Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. For most of my life, I attended ...

We are in a Heaven mode here at the God Squad and I can tell you absolutely that one of the most frequent questions I am asked by my dear Christian readers is whether Jews believe in Heaven. Here is ...

That came up in my recent conversation (and podcast) with Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism. He ...

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 ...

After stepping down as chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary in the spring of 2020, Arnold Eisen found himself with the time and motivation to think about a big question he’d long put off as ...

The Jewish world lost a giant this week: A luminary and a visionary. We mourn the passing of Abner Goldstine, past president of Sinai Temple. The Talmud ponders the idea of how and where one can find ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Institute for Welcoming Resources, Keshet, COLAGE and Family Equity Council released a curriculum designed to help Jewish congregations ...

In the most Jewish city in America, it’s no surprise that Jews played central roles both in electing and opposing Zohran Mamdani. Across those divides, urgent challenges face us — with consequences ...

Every summer, the primary holiday segment of the Jewish calendar focuses on the story of our separation, or divorce, from God. Can God really decide to divorce us, the children of Israel? According to ...