At Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, rabbinical students typically pray together and practice leading services as a part of their studies. They pore over Jewish texts in groups of two ...

When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a teacher, a nonprofit ...

The program in Jewish studies at Smith College explores the history, literature, arts, politics, philosophy, culture, religion and languages of the Jewish people from its origins in ancient Israel ...

A first-of-its-kind national school voucher program is being hailed by some Jewish groups as a breakthrough — and mourned by others as a hammer blow to the separation of church and state. The ...

The Celebration of Abraham, an interfaith gathering founded after 9/11, will return to Woodland this year, bringing together ...

The bid revives an unresolved Supreme Court dispute over church-state separation in public education, as some in the ...

When Shoshana Polakoff was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 at the age of 37, her life was suddenly turned upside down. With three young children at home and intense chemotherapy on the horizon, ...

Leaders of Tulsa’s Jewish community are publicly pushing back against a proposal to open a publicly funded Jewish charter ...

Penn’s Jewish Heritage Programs hosted “Shabbat for 1K” on Friday, an event organized to provide free Shabbat dinners to students across campus. The Nov. 14 event — which occurs each semester and was ...

(RNS) — Religion and Public Life was one of a handful of programs singled out in Harvard’s 311-page antisemitism report issued in April as being especially problematic. (RNS) — Harvard University is ...

(The Conversation) — A court decision allowing Israeli women to take the Chief Rabbinate’s exams is the latest sign of growing recognition for women’s religious learning within Orthodox Judaism. (The ...