The liturgy for the holiday of Shavuot showcases three powerful biblical texts: the story of the giving of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:1-20:23), a spectacular vision of God by a ...

The holiday of Shavuot represents the revelation when God communicated directly with the Israelites and gave them the Torah, including the Ten Commandments. This established the Israelites as a people ...

In a City of Angels, with murals and figures of the agents of heaven fluttering everywhere, as we approach Shavuot and the time of Matan Torah — the receiving of the Torah — you would think that ...

Several women said the former New Republic editor inappropriately kissed them on the mouth. WASHINGTON (JTA) — Leon Wieseltier, the influential Jewish scholar and magazine editor, has been sacked from ...

In November 2023, I was a guest speaker in the small town of Spokane, Washington. The rabbi had organized a Friday night dinner, where I was due to address the issue of antisemitism. With only 1,000 ...

The revelation at Mount Sinai – the central episode not only of parshat Yitro, but of Judaism as a whole – was unique in the religious history of mankind. Other faiths (Christianity and Islam) have ...

Jewish lawmakers and anti-torture umbrella groups with Jewish affiliates expressed dismay at revelations of U.S. torture practices. “The CIA’s actions a decade ago are a stain on our values and our ...

Established in 1889, the Jewish Quarterly Review (JQR) is the oldest English-language journal in the fields of Jewish studies. Edited at the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of ...