For decades, liberal denominations have permitted women to be ordained. Orthodox Judaism, however, has largely prohibited it. Yet attitudes toward women’s study of rabbinic texts are changing.

Lawmakers are considering a draft bill to end the exemption granted to ultra-Orthodox men enrolled in full-time religious ...

Forgiveness may play a crucial role in healing for people who have experienced harm from—and later abandoned—a fundamentalist ...

A new draft law on conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jews, whose support is crucial for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ...

Adam S. Ferziger talks to JNS about his new book, "Agents of Change."The post How American immigrants contributed to a new ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a ...