The situation we face today will require us to go beyond a legal response into theological, anthropological, and philosophical territory, because it questions the very assumptions upon which the halakhic edifice is built

From “Technology: The Experience,” a special section exploring technology’s influence on Jewish life: With Jewish learning more accessible than ever, is anything lost?

The technology that has opened our eyes to people far away is closing our ears to opinions different from our own

“Our tradition insists we act responsibly, but with maximum urgency.”

“It’s precisely this moment, as the medieval commentator Nahmanides asserts, that we need to maintain the moral stamina to avoid the evil excesses of wartime behavior.”

“Our pain must show us that there is no war against one part of us that isn’t a war on all of us.”

Were the rabbis the first great self-help writers?

The antisemitism of Joseph Goebbels is alive and well. Why are the Jews always guilty?

We think of Israel as the country that manages to survive despite existential threats from outside and within. What should we expect? An examination of Israel’s earlier crises may be instructive.

The Passover song ‘Dayenu’ is not just a tune about the Exodus. It’s a blueprint for the story of Israel