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 ...

Learned Jewish opinion has long debated when and how the Temple can be rebuilt. The great medieval philosopher Maimonides, in his Code of Jewish Law, argued that every generation of Jews was ...

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 ...

Eretz HaKodesh, associated with Israel’s Haredi United Torah Judaism party, placed third with 29,159 votes, or 12.7% of the total.

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of religions and Christianity continues with an episode in which we talk about the split between the Judaism and ...

Drew Barrymore: Why I Have Embraced Judaism "I'm a shiksa. I do the seders and we do Passover. I haven't converted yet, [but] Olive will be raised traditionally," she explains.

In Orthodox Judaism, tefillin are reserved for boys from age 13, but Reform Judaism enables all genders to use tefillin. Distel Atbaryan responded by equating this to dogs wearing tefillin.

Jerusalem Post / Judaism / Torah Portion Torah Portion Jewish Holidays Lists of holidays Parashat Chukat: Simple faith Faith – even when things don’t make sense. Faith – even when life is ...