Judaism: Life & Practice

The JPS Bnai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is i...

The JPS Bnai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is i...

Be-har (Leviticus 25:1-26:2) and Haftarah (Jeremiah 32:6-27): The JPS Bnai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah add...

Va-yikra' (Leviticus 1:1-5:26) and Haftarah (Isaiah 43:21-44:23): The JPS Bnai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah...

There can be no Antwerp without Hoffy''s and no Hoffy''s without Antwerp. - Margot Vanderstraeten (author of Mazzeltov) The traditional Jewish r...

Chaim Waxman, a prominent sociologist of contemporary Orthodoxy, is one of the keenest observers of American Jewish society. In illustration of how...

This is a sweeping and powerful narrative history of the Jewish people from biblical times to today. Based on the latest scholarship and richly ill...

In this volume, Bible Studies scholar Yitzhak (Itzik) Peleg offers an educational, values-based approach to the cycle of Jewish holidaysfestivals a...

Stress is a part of modern lifediscover how to use it to grow spiritually, emotionally and psychologically. Stress takes life and gives life.... I...

Is laughter essential to Jewish identity? Do Jews possess special radar for recognizing members of the tribe? Since Jews live longer and make love ...

The urban origins of American Judaism began with daily experiences of Jews, their responses to opportunities for social and physical mobility as we...

One of the most joyous weeks in the Jewish year is when families gather for eight evenings to celebrate the festival of Hanukkah. Jews the world ov...

Over the last several hundred years, the recitation of Havineinu, an abridged version of the daily prayer usually recited in pressing situations, h...