Rabbi Paul F. Cohen, D.Min., D.D. is Senior Rabbi of Temple Jeremiah in Northfield. Shavuot is the festival that celebrates the giving and the receiving of Torah. The theological pillar of the ...
The major part of our Torah portion, Mishpatim, raises important questions about Judaism, religion in general, ethics, and law. First, the nature of Judaism. I have a brief definition of Judaism: a ...
JERUSALEM — Walk the streets of Jerusalem on any given weekday morning, and you will discover there’s no shortage of intensive Torah study in this city that symbolizes the beating heart of the Jewish ...
The major part of our Torah portion, Mishpatim, raises important questions about Judaism, religion in general, ethics, and law. First, the nature of Judaism. Many of our philosophers have divided ...
A secular Jew asked me why I was converting to Judaism. Why would a rational, educated woman choose to join an ancient people and embrace traditions that seem to belong to another age? Did I truly ...
BRATTLEBORO — Cantor Kate Judd, Spiritual Leader of the Brattleboro Area Jewish Community, is offering two new classes on Zoom. Weekly Torah and text study will be an exploration of the weekly Torah ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two thousand years ago, Jews were divided between competing sects all based on the Jewish scriptures, but with different ...
Today, the term animal chaplaincy is often perceived as something new or unusual. Yet a closer look reveals that it is not an innovation at all, but a return to the most ancient form of Judaism — ...
Rosh Hashanah, one of the most important holidays for Jewish people around the world, is here. Rosh Hashanah, which translates from Hebrew to mean “the head of the year,” is one of Judaism's holiest ...