Rabbis who scrutinize the authenticity of people’s Judaism have been criticized by senior Supreme Rabbinical Court judge ...

The Jewish population of Judea and Galilee was divided into three religious groups, two major and one minor. The largest group by numbers were the Pharisees but they were not a majority.

The European Rabbinical Court members also held strategic meetings with Rabbi Yaakov Shapira, a member of the Chief Rabbinate ...

The schisms in Israeli society are an age-old dilemma. Whether it be political, societal or religious in nature, there is ...

While ambiguities and difficulties in the relationship between Jews and Catholics persist, the Second Vatican Council’s ...

Readings from a wide range of historical, religious, theoretical and literary works in order to address examples drawn from Biblical and rabbinic Judaism, medieval Islamic and Christian lands, modern ...

Two newly ordained Renewal rabbis from Oakland are bolstering the movement’s 50-year-old legacy in the East Bay.

Official identification is pending, but the bodies of three Bibas family members were to be released Thursday (Feb. 20) as ...

History of Jews and the Pig,” which just won a Jewish Book Award, explores every aspect of this non-relationship.

This week marks the fifth yahrzeit of my friend and colleague, Rabbi Fred Elias. To mark this milestone, I reunited with ...

Chief Rabbinate Council is the main authority on Jewish law for government and religious services; head of advocacy group ...