Why do we value the perfect game so much more than the four-home-run game? As with all questions, we can turn to the Torah.

My Journey Through Social Justice Movements from the 1960s to Today” blends the history of six-decades of protest movements, ...

I asked some of the wisest minds I know how they would respond to a Jewish person if he or she approached them and asked, in ...

The bill barely survived and will be heard again, although a date has not yet been set for a vote. If it passes in committee, it will then move to the full Senate floor, where the new version’s ...

Jewish education can boost Jewish identity by exposing more Jews to the extraordinary breadth of the Jewish buffet. How a ...

American Jewish University President Jeffrey Herbst, a globally respected political scientist who has navigated the ...

Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee (ArbCom), the site’s version of a Supreme Court, announced on April 25 that two editors ...

The work of a chaplain in healthcare is fundamental to both how systems operate and the complete betterment of the patient.

Dear all, One of our members recently noticed that Temple Akiba is the only congregation in Culver City that does not have ...

The Torah mentions circumcision in five different sections; surprisingly, four of the five focus on women. When circumcision ...

The horrific fires burning through Israel on the nation’s day of joy is a reminder from our enemies that these ugly emotions ...

Boum is currently professor and the Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies in the departments of Anthropology and Near ...