Jewish humor and Jewish theology share something in common. I can think of any number of jokes whose punch lines say something profound about God (“Work with me here — buy a ticket!”). And we need ...

While Hanukkah is not the most significant of Jewish holidays, its timing near Christmas makes it more noticeable to most non-Jewish Americans. This year Christmas falls during Hanukkah, the Jewish ...

What should Catholics and Jews talk about? Both have recently been congratulating each other and themselves for how easily they now talk to each other. The 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the ...

Rabbi Harold Kushner, one of the most influential congregational rabbis of the 20th century whose works of popular theology reached millions of people outside the synagogue, has died. Kushner, who ...

For several months, I’ve been interviewing clergy and other Jewish thinkers about God for a series in the Forward called Still Small Voice. Last week, one of those scholars, Dr. Yehudah Kurtzer, ...

At a time when many pulpit rabbis have fewer congregants to attend to, a Jewish institution is urging them to turn their attention to a larger flock — American society. Rabbis Without Borders aims to ...

Rabbi Arthur Green gave the commencement address last week at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Conservative flagship where he was ordained 56 years earlier. His talk was mostly a response to ...

The New York Times columnist told an interviewer, "I feel more Jewish and more attached to the Christian story than ever." (JTA) — David Brooks is usually included in the long list of Jewish ...

Throughout the High Holy Days liturgy, we are reminded of Judaism’s rich tradition of honoring the sanctity of life and acknowledging the inevitability of death. One of the most transfixing parts of ...

As Easter approaches, Christians around the world begin to focus on two of the central tenets of their faith: the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Other charismatic Jewish teachers or ...

While some have celebrated justices' decision striking down Roe v. Wade as a win for religious freedom, some religious Jews say prohibitions on abortion violate their religious beliefs.