Jewish humor and Jewish theology share something in common. I can think of any number of jokes whose punch lines say something profound about God (“Work with me here — buy a ticket!”). And we need ...

While Hanukkah is not the most significant of Jewish holidays, its timing near Christmas makes it more noticeable to most non-Jewish Americans. This year Christmas falls during Hanukkah, the Jewish ...

Jewish survival is seen more as a matter of tone than force. The world doesn't judge intentions. It doesn't reward nuance. It ...

Rabbi Louis Jacobs (1920–2006) was the greatest British Jew who ever lived, according to a 2005 survey by The Jewish Chronicle. This was a surprise to me, since I never even heard of him until I was ...

At one extreme is hatred: Jews are viewed as a threat to be removed, silenced, or harmed. At the other extreme is being loved ...

What should Catholics and Jews talk about? Both have recently been congratulating each other and themselves for how easily they now talk to each other. The 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the ...

For several months, I’ve been interviewing clergy and other Jewish thinkers about God for a series in the Forward called Still Small Voice. Last week, one of those scholars, Dr. Yehudah Kurtzer, ...

Contemporary Jewish Theology: A Reader, edited by Elliot N. Dorff and Louis E. Newman. Here is an introduction to Jewish thought in bite-size pieces. This fine collection offers good tastes of the ...

Rabbi Harold Kushner, one of the most influential congregational rabbis of the 20th century whose works of popular theology reached millions of people outside the synagogue, has died. Kushner, who ...

Lawsuits are being filed around the country to try to restore abortion access following the Supreme Court's decision. One in Florida argues that banning abortion is a violation of Jews' First ...

As Easter approaches, Christians around the world begin to focus on two of the central tenets of their faith: the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Other charismatic Jewish teachers or ...