In an age of distraction, Jewish knowledge is no longer about knowing everything, but about engaging deeply with the core ...

A sacrilegious sneak stole four Torah scrolls worth a quarter-million dollars from Avenue O Synagogue in Midwood on Oct. 25 — during the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, which celebrates the holy ...

(JTA) When Danielle Kranjec committed to using only Jewish texts written by women and queer people in the classes she taught for Hillel International’s Springboard Fellowship, a program that places ...

A team of academics is aiming to correct centuries-old errors in the Hebrew Bible, but some are questioning the wisdom of their endeavor. LOS ANGELES (JTA ...

ROME An Italian expert in Hebrew manuscripts said Wednesday he had discovered the oldest known complete Torah scroll, a sheepskin document dating from 1155-1225. It was right under his nose, in the ...

Literary critic Frank Kermode, in his 1996 work, “The Sense of an Ending,” reminds us that we must often re-evaluate an entire text in light of its conclusion. With that in mind, let us examine the ...

The idea that 3300 years ago, at Sinai, God gave Moses a Torah identical to the Torah we have today is a powerful concept, one that still resonates. But is it probable, even plausible? Is it ...

I am responding in this series to frequently asked questions about some gender-bending translations of Torah texts I have proposed in a few articles since 2008, and in an Op-Ed in The New York Times, ...

For those who hold that the Bible, and particularly the Torah, is the Word of God, without flaw and inerrant, the last few hundred years have been very frustrating. The development of the Documentary ...

— Editor’s Note: Symbols of Faith is a new series in The Woodlands Villager exploring the symbols and icons associated with the various religious faiths found across the community. Have a tip or ...