According to most authorities, the family's Judaism was neither religious nor political but, rather, cultural and casual.

A person should never bring himself to undergo a test of faith, as David, king of Israel, brought himself to undergo a test of faith and failed.

As human beings, we are naturally resistant to external instruction or direction, preferring to do things only when we want to do them.

There have been moments of national unity in the U.S., where Americans banded together after terrifying circumstances. Think of the kindness and care shown to one another after 9/11. Sadly, that grand ...

It was well known that Jack Benny celebrated his thirty-ninth birthday every year. When Benny died in 1974, he had turned thirty-nine a total of forty-one times.

The stigma placed on divorcees can make it unclear where to turn for help. Studies show it's in a community's best interest to take care of its most vulnerable and to nurse them back to good spiritual ...

The kingdom of Israel will only endure if the heads of the people assemble together (keep the peace amongst themselves).

As we sit at our seders this year, we are not only reliving the past; we are living in the present. We are living through a time when the Jewish people are once again fighting for freedom.

But if "all Jews are Jews, except the Jews I really don't like" is your stance, then you don't actually believe in achdut.

It stands to reason that a good deal of today’s Washington decision-making will now come to be sifted through differing notions of separation of powers. That is, constitutionally, it matters who dec ...

The strong showing of advocates in Albany as well as the clear message Agudah presented was met with praise from dozens of ...

A Paris prosecutor has sought a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for nationalist leader Marine Le Pen in a trial where she and 24 others stand accused of embezzling EU ...