Authentic dialogue, he writes, requires that each party be allowed to speak for themself (so, for example, Christian educators should not be the primary source of information about Judaism for their ...

Renny Pritikin, chief curator of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, couldn't be more excited about Lamp of the Covenant, artist Dave Lane's fascinating and impressive sculpture now on display in the ...

In his recently published book The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism (The Jewish Publication Society) prominent modern Orthodox theologian Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg explores the ...

Both Goldstein and Jewish tradition recognize that the need to matter can become destructive. The person desperate for ...

Christians have done their best and worst to convert the Jews, with a range of persuasions running from sweet reasonableness to slow torture. The Jews, on the other hand, seem to have no missionary ...

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Jewish law is rooted in the Torah, the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. According to the Torah, Abraham is the father of Judaism. He was born about 4 ...