Reading scripture through the experience of disability
Julia Watts Belser sees in the Torah a God who is in love with the creative possibilities of difference.
The rituals we need
Religion scholar Molly Farneth shows how rituals—both civic and religious—change us and the societies we live in.
The historical roots of interfaith dialogue
Tal Howard offers a carefully researched history, from the Mughal Empire to Nostra aetate and beyond.
How do parents pass along their faith to children?
Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk’s sociological study offers some clues.
A desire to return home
Aharon Appelfeld’s novel of wartime survival among Jewish partisans in Nazi Europe
Two glimpses into Judaism in America
Steven Weisman looks at the development of the Reform movement. Jack Wertheimer focuses on the present and future.
An Israeli writer’s final word to his fellow citizens
Amos Oz feared that fanaticism was rising in Israel as well as in the West.
How Christian-Jewish intermarriage became normal
Samira Mehta shows how some interfaith families mediate diverse traditions.