Let's go back to the problem rabbis had to solve from the second through the sixth centuries A.D. Faced with the end of Temple worship and...

Menahoth 110a of the Babylonian Talmud spells out one point, quoting Rabbi Johanan's statement that studying the laws of Temple service is...

Two other ways of staying alive amid persecution also emerged. Hope for a Messiah sprang eternal. The Messiah would not be the "suffering...

Throughout the centuries some Jews, rebelling against constant Talmudic and occasional Messianic excitement, explored an almost unspeakable...

In Western Europe and America the 17th through 19th centuries brought new opportunities. Protestant Reformed leaders in Holland welcomed...

In both of those centers, most Jews deserted Orthodox belief and practice during the 20th century, in a way that probably was inevitable...

As Jews and Christians face a common threat in radical Islam, is there a way beyond sad history and good vibrations for the adherents of...

The data, however, do indicate that Christians who see Jews through a 17th-century lens, believing that most are thoroughly religious, are...

Let's start with an acknowledgment that Christians have much to learn from Judaism, starting with its emphasis on every-hour thanksgiving as...

In both Jewish and Christian families at Passover and Easter time, children search for either Easter eggs or the afikomen, a piece of matzoh...

Let's dive into that history, beginning with God's commands to the Israelites to be holy, which meant they were to separate themselves from...

How many Jewish believers in Christ live in the United States?

The battle within Israel of those three groups raged for centuries. The first major political upheaval of the post-Old Testament era began...

Sholem Asch, a popular novelist who emigrated from Poland to the United States, grew up within an Orthodox family. During the first half...

Only 10 years after the Edict of Milan some Christian leaders began using their new governmental power to give their position the advantage....