Judaism is not a religion of blind obedience. Indeed, astonishingly in a religion of 613 commandments, there is no Hebrew word that means to obey.

It is not even known whether these three – Abraham, his son Isaac and Isaac’s son, Jacob – actually existed; but for Rabbinic Jews they did! Not only did the Jewish Forefathers exist for ...

Rabbi Moshe Herson, 90, who helped establish scores of New Jersey synagogues, died less than month after the death of his ...

Rabbanit Leah Sarna, the first senior rabbinic leader of her Orthodox synagogue, creates another crack in a persistent glass ...

Lavie, an Israeli descended from an unbroken line of 38 rabbis stretching back a thousand years, is torn between rejecting ...

The letter, provided exclusively to Religion News Service before being unveiled on Monday (Jan. 27), railed against Trump’s ...

The decision to strip a longtime Jewish steakhouse of its kosher license earlier this week has sparked heated reactions on ...

Pharaoh’s daughter’s coming down and seeing a baby crying is mirrored by God’s actions in Exodus’ third chapter.

Dozens of Jewish organizations, including national and local groups, signed an open letter urging Trump to stop mass ...

Gratz College in Melrose Park announced that it will begin courses in the spring for a doctoral program focused on training ...

Donald Trump is reportedly planning to continue his violent crusade aimed at gutting freedom and democracy with an Executive Order today calling for the deportation of non-citizen anti-war activists, ...