Police detained six members of a women’s prayer group at Jerusalem’s Western Wall this morning, reportedly for refusing to remove their prayer shawls.
The group, Women...
Anxiety and Judaism: the two seem to go hand-in-hand. From Moses to Franz Kafka to Woody Allen, the tradition is filled with worriers and hand-wringers....
In our November/December issue, we ask our rabbis what makes someone a "real" rabbi. Here's what Rabbi Gershon Winkler of the Walking Stick Foundation in...
Israel’s Gaza strike, which killed the head of Hamas’ military wing, Ahmed Jabari, may cause a “very significant escalation and could cause a real rupture”...
Neuroticism may actually have health benefits, a new study has found.
Contrary to researchers’ hypothesis, neurotic behavior, when paired with conscientiousness, was actually associated with lower...
In our November/December issue, Daniel Klein reviews Herman Wouk's new book, The Lawgiver:
The Lawgiver, a new novel by the 97-year-old, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Herman Wouk,...
Miriam Shlesinger, a prominent writer who brought the works of Israeli writers like Etgar Keret and Sayed Kashua to English audiences, has died.
A professor at...
More than 50 percent of Jewish non-profits are taking “significant steps” to welcome members of the LGBT community, according to a study released yesterday.
The Jewish...
Now that Oliver Sacks is back in the news with the release of his new book, Hallucinations, which explores the connections between hallucinations and intoxication,...