Jonathan D. Sarna explores whether the Torah aligns with democratic principles like majority rule and equality. He outlines differing historical views on gov...

David Ellenson, former president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC), was known for his ability to be comfortable in various Jewish se...

Mark Oppenheimer's book "Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood" provides a detailed and well-written account of t...

Rabbi Jonathan Muskat suggests revising the traditional prayer for the government to focus on invoking blessings upon the country and its citizens rather tha...

In April 1869, Rabbi Haim Zvi Sneersohn, a descendant of the founder of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, approached President Ulysses S. Grant to advoc...