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 ...

Sara Wolkenfeld, the chief learning officer of the online database of Jewish text, reflects on a decade of free, open-source learning. With one search I found a helpful list of sources featuring ...

(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 ...

When my children were born, I assumed teaching them Torah would be easy. After all, I have a PhD in Talmud and am married to a rabbi. I worried about plenty of things—sleep schedules, tantrums, and ...

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 ...

Across the United States, conservative parents, advocacy groups and lawmakers have pushed school districts to ban books and defund libraries, claiming that they promote ideas unsuitable for children.

Rabbi Meni Even-Israel watched his father finish the Gemara at 73 and immediately ask for a new "mission," resulting in a ...

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 ...

— 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 ...