Judging personality involves moral and ethical concerns as well as the search for accuracy in judgments of an individual's character. Recently, I have been examining thoughts about judging personality ...

In the 1950s, the future of American Orthodox Judaism looked so gloomy that the prominent sociologist Marshall Sklare predicted its imminent extinction. Sklare’s ominous forecast could not have proved ...

Judaism provides detailed guidance about inheritance through biblical law, rabbinic interpretation, and ethical teachings. The tradition emphasises fairness, family responsibility, and the ...

If you’ve binged Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This” with the rest of the Jewish community, you may be inspired to lean into your heritage and learn a bit more about Judaism. (Or, if you’re not Jewish, ...

Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin is President and Professor of Jewish Law at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. For twenty years he served as Chair of the Va'ad Halakhah (Law Committee) ...

John Phelan’s evangelical guide to Jewish thought and history contains many revelations—some of them painful. I was shocked. How could Jesus have recommended the teachings of the Pharisees when he ...

“Memory laws” are clumsy effort to avoid discussing the messy, controversial and painful moments in America’s history, writes a history professor. (JTA) — Anyone teaching the past by skipping over the ...

(RNS) — From the intersection of Pico and Hauser boulevards in Los Angeles to the Venice and Lincoln crossing near the beach, drivers across the city are being greeted with billboards featuring ...