Reading the Torah, there is no doubt about motherhood’s important role in Jewish literature and life. Women are not, however, expected to place motherhood ahead of their own well-being. For example, ...

After 50 years leading various congregations in prayer as a Hazzan, an ordained Cantor, I am at a crossroads. Does God hear my prayers? Must I recite every prayer line-by-line, even though, admittedly ...

I have produced a recognizable body of scholarship on ancient Jewish and Christian prayers and hymns. During the formative period of biblical scholarship in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth ...

A bill advanced by coalition lawmakers on Sunday requires public institutions to install mezuzahs and grants special protections to Jewish Orthodox religious ...

At this time of the year, the portions we read from the Torah center on the uniqueness of the Israelites by emphasizing God’s hopes for them and reiterating the specific practices they have been ...

Hundreds of rabbis have committed their communities to a call by the Hadar Institute. (JTA) — Never before had Douglas Sagal, rabbi of Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson, New Jersey, heard of a call ...

(The Conversation) — Recent generations of Jewish women have looked to reinvent rituals marking the most meaningful moments in their lives, especially childbirth and motherhood. Women are not, however ...

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Brandeis University (THE CONVERSATION) Reading the Torah, ...