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From its emergence in the 1970s, punk rock was a movement that concerned itself with the present. Its hallmarks were rock 'n' roll, a do-it-yourself attitude and a sense of [...]

RON Wolfson of the American Jewish University in Los Angeles recently wrote in his Synablog' that Jewish houses of worship are frequently failing to attract 20--and 30-somethings, which means their [...]

HUMANIST This question would have made the ancient Talmudic rabbis' heads spin. The idea of intentionally having a child outside of a marriage--by whatever means, biological or adoptive--would not have [...]

The article focuses on the views of New Testament studies Professor Pinchas Lapide regarding the resurrection of Jesus, considering the beliefs of the Jews. It states that Lapide, who is an Orthodox Jew, belies that whether Jesus resurrected or not, He was either the divine God's Son or the Messiah of Israel. According to Lapide, Christian church was formed because of the will of God, which was called by the authors of the New Testament as Jesus' resurrection from the dead. It mentions that Lapide regarded the resurrection of Jesus as an affair of the Jews since those who have seen the resurrected Jesus were all daughters and sons of Israel. Meanwhile, Lapide's view of the resurrection has been condemned by the Jews from West Germany, arguing that he has gone against the Jewish theology.

Is the traditional family the foundation of democracy? It's the foundation of many things--happiness, social order, identity--and it's essential to the good working of democracy too. The family, with marriage [...]

'Mommy let me live!' screams the tasteless headline of a prolife ad, complete with scary pictures about a baby's diary: May 1: 'Today my parents gave me the gift of [...]

When Allen Ginsberg died, the obituary reflections tended to contain two surprises. One was the extent to which his passing became a definitive farewell to the time, four decades ago, […]

Focuses on infertility and family issues that face the Jewish community. Factors that contribute to the rise in infertility; Principle of Judaism about the bearing of children; Availability of options to have children; Interpretation of a biblical term about bearing of children.

In January, The New Yorker's Shouts & Murmurs blog serialized a lighthearted novella called ''Sell Out,'' by Simon Rich, about a religious Jewish immigrant in 1912 Brooklyn who falls into [...]

The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School has sparked passionate debate about whether or not we need stricter gun-control laws in this countryand the Jewish community is no exception. For [...]

Last week, an Orthodox rabbi named Yaakov Rosenblatt took to the pages of the Jewish Press and published an open letter to Sarah Silverman, criticizing the comedienne for her recent [...]

As co-founder and now a senior fellow of the Shalem Center, a leading Zionist think tank in Jerusalem, Yoram Hazony has sought a bridge between secular nationalism and Jewish religion. [...]

Professor Jack Wertheimer's 'Ten Commandments of America's Jews,' presumably timed for Shavuot (which begins Saturday at sundown), is sure to make some people unhappy. His commandments are not things he [...]

Shortly after I arrived at Jews in the Woodsa spiritual Shabbaton at a campground in Rhode Islandon a Friday evening in March, I was approached by two girls who asked [...]

Recently I asked a group of my teenage Christian friends about their upcoming summer plans. Rather than receiving the standard responses, such as summer camps or vacations, I heard some [...]

Every few years, the Israeli novelist A. B. Yehoshua writes an outrageous op-ed or delivers the same ideas in a public speech, invariably directed at an English-speaking audience. The message [...]

Earlier this month, the perpetual-motion machine that is the Republican Party rested on the topic of birth control. The occasion was a proposal by President Obama that would mandate all [...]

When Mohammad Husein studied at Hebrew College in Boston, he was delighted to put to use his years learning Hebrew in Ramallah. As a Master's student (Class of 2007), he [...]

'Dad,' insisted my younger daughter, 'we really must do something about this.' I was about to get the sort of talking-to we dreaded from our parents and dread even more [...]