A proposal to construct an Orthodox Jewish synagogue and daycare is again facing opposition in the latest round in a decades-long fight to build the house of worship in one of Essex County’s ...

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Judaism has always been open to what the world is learning and saying. It has fallen to every generation of Jews to determine ...

The Conservative Jewish school in Queens said in a letter to families the name change reflects the community’s evolving needs ...

In October 2000, then head of school at Perelman Jewish Day School Jay Leberman held a focus group to determine who Perelman ...

Introducing “Faith Meets Fact,” a new YouTube series exploring the intriguing relationship between Torah and Science.

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Two million Jews in the United States—at least one-third of the total—identify as Reform in polls. Yet, two prominent ...

Assessments of the life of Jimmy Carter by Jews focus on his impact on the Middle East. Cheers for his critical role in ...

Act 3, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” begins with one of the most famous texts in English literature: “To be or ...

When did Judaism as we know it today—devoted to one God and the teachings of the Torah—really take root? How did the religious practices of the earliest Israelites differ from Judaism?