More than 20 years ago, I wrote my doctoral dissertation on Jewish responses to Darwinism. What I discovered is how little Judaism needed to adjust to accommodate biological evolution. Given the ...

A statement widely attributed to the great British thinker G. K. Chesterton describes the modern period as perfectly as any single idea can: “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in ...

Why does the Torah begin with the Genesis story? If it is a book of Law, ask the rabbis, why not start with the first commandment? On an individual level, perhaps it teaches us that just as God first ...

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For decades, English-speaking rabbis have been employing innovative academic, literary and theological approaches to produce fresh commentaries on the Bible that would resonate with their modern-day ...

It is a spiritual treasure of Scripture, poetry, literature and history. It is the foundational sacred text of Judaism and is revered by Christians and Muslims as well. For thousands of years, Jews ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (JTA) — In the past, when Rabbi Elyse Frishman sought to draw meaning from Torah passages for her congregation, she’d sometimes resort to translating the biblical text herself. The ...