In Jewish history, few episodes are as dramatic and consequential as the rise and fall of the false messiah Shabbatai Tzvi ...

Bilam, a famed prophet, was summoned to cast a supernatural curse upon our people in a desperate attempt to halt our march toward the promised land. He was no ordinary mystic – celebrated across ...

"In this decisive moment," writes Rabbi Yehiel E. Poupko, "what do the churches have to say to the Jewish people about their ...

In his vision for the Messianic era, Maimonides depicts a world where the sole pursuit of the Jewish people will be to study Torah and wisdom, bringing the entire world closer to God: “The Sages and ...

Rabbi Arthur Waskow was an activist and religious leader who spent almost six decades writing, teaching and changing the shape of American Jewish practice. He died yesterday at the age of 92. Deena ...

Now it is undeniable that the right wing, messianic government of Israel is pursuing expansion. Omar Ashtawy Omar Ashtawy/SIPA I have throughout my life and my rabbinate supported Israel and her ...