Torah for Mental Health” includes chapters on reframing your challenges, the gift of altruism and realizing your spiritual ...

Rabbi David Benchlouch is a special contributor to MyNorthwest. He is the head rabbi of Congregation Ezra BessAroth, a ...

In his book Fear No Pharaoh, Richard Kreitner examines the reactions of six Jewish Americans to slavery and the Civil War.

Fink left a lot of meaning in his place, with a special voice that made him one in a million. As he said about Judaism, his ...

In his book The Body of Faith (1983), Michael Wyschogrod makes a stronger case for the aesthetic dimension of Judaism. Throughout history, he argues, art and cult have been intimately connected ...

With submissions for the Chassidus in Color Art Contest due by 11 Nissan, April 9th, a new music video inspires the hundreds ...

Purim traditions include reading the Megillah, exchanging food gifts, giving to the needy, and dressing in costumes.

Comings & goings Maya Barak has joined SF Hillel as assistant director. Barak studied international relations at UC Davis, ...

In honor of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s 100th birthday, we take a deep dive into the cultural institution’s ...

By the early 1990s, fewer than 1,500 Jews remained in Cuba, and religious life was nearly extinct. In 1991, Cuba allowed ...