Would shorter services make Shabbat morning sweeter?
There could be more scope for creative options rather than rushing through the liturgy
100 Objects #29: Megillah in ivory roller
Prominently displayed scroll in Judaica gallery helps schoolchildren learn about the festival of Purim
The Howie Bunch: You’re my fave, I tell each child
A core tenet of contemporary parenting is ensuring all your children feel equally loved and special
Purim’s religious revolution
The festival, which falls Monday night, marks a turning-point in Judaism
Is it time for Jews to do less yearning and more living?
Howard Jacobson - one of our greatest living authors - argues for a new positivity towards Jewishness and Israel
Is the Scottish government right in wanting to allow people to self-identify their gender?
An Orthodox and a Reform rabbi tackle problems in contemporary Jewish life
Why I take a pick 'n' mix approach to my new Jewish identity
Nicholas Lezard on why he's telling Jewish jokes, but still noshing chorizo
As Israel spirals into perilous tribalism, I finally hear the Prophets
I used to struggle to really hear the Prophets. Now, voices like them are so loud it’s what the Nevi’im mean that troubles me.
The professional storyteller telling tales of peace
When Sef Townsend dug up his Jewish roots, he found his calling in life
Zephaniah, the mixed-race prophet
One of the Twelve Minor Prophets is likely to have had African ancestry
A winter’s tale: why Tu Bishvat falls at this time
When others grumble and despair at winter’s length, we look ahead to a new year of life and growth
Even if robots can write sermons, we'll still need rabbis
How do we respond religiously to advances in artificial intelligence?
Sephardi lessons of moderation and balance are precious today
For the Rabbis of Sefarad, the Torah was always a guide to the world. Not, as it became for the embattled Rabbis of Ashkenaz, a wall against it
How the Fabelmans screenwriter brought Spielberg's childhood to life
Tony Kushner has worked side-by-side with the director for decades
New York rabbi delivers sermon written by artificial intelligence
Rabbi Josh Franklin used ChatGPT at Shabbat service in the Hamptons
How Jewish rituals transformed this gentile
Seeing men in tallit spilling out of my nearby shul jolted me out of my teenage indifference
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