News about Jews and Judaism, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

This proposed solution to the profound controversy deeply perplexing Israelis of all backgrounds and ideologies is based on ...

In Yiddish, home is di heym (די היים). It is not just a location, but a world: the smell of chicken soup, the echo of curses ...

The latest work by renowned historian Diarmaid MacCulloch tackles Christian attitudes to sex over the centuries. Modern-day Christians who talk about traditional values usually don’t know how ...

Saul Jay Singer serves as senior legal ethics counsel with the District of Columbia Bar and is a collector of extraordinary original Judaica documents and letters. He welcomes comments at at ...