Jewish converts are often unfairly scrutinized and face intense pressure to obey Orthodox observances. But they should be treated with open arms, just like Ivanka Trump.

Costumes, revelry, and satire weren’t always synonymous with the holiday

Brian Williams’ lies were damaging and misleading. But can he repent?

Legal and rabbinic scholars have long debated the controversial issue

Jack Balkin, Richard Primus, Randy Barnett, and Eugene Kontorovich talk about how Judaism influences their work

Women are entitled to a wide range of emotions about their bodies and fertility. But under Jewish law, the rules are clear.

He’s the expert who specializes in finding ‘disappeared’ husbands—men who leave their wives without Jewish divorces, or hope

This week’s Talmud reading prompts strikingly contemporary questions about observance and belief

What would Jewish law have to say about alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s burial?

Jewish tradition is weighted definitively against pacifism. But does that mean drone warfare is kosher?

Arrested kidney broker raises big questions