Sarah Kolker is Jewish and always has been, but her view of the world is informed by other traditions as well. Growing up, ...

There’s a delicate balancing act going on at Mishkan Shalom, the Reconstructionist synagogue not only located within city limits but dedicated to making sure it maintains its city ties. On one hand, ...

Maybe it's really lucky that WhatsApp didn't exist when Bnei Yisrael were building the Mishkan. It's very likely that if Moshe had sent the instructions for constructing the Mishkan in the "Avadim ...

The sanctity of Am Yisrael does not stem from the individual alone but from each person’s ability to contribute to the greater good.

We think about how they came with offerings for G-d, and the intentionality they brought with those offerings, having in mind the activities that took place in the Mishkan, the sacrifices and ...

As a scholar who studies Jewish languages, I have collected countless examples of Jews around the world using variants of the Hebrew word “shalom” to mean peace – and, by extension ...

“‘Shalom Hamas’ means Hello and Goodbye — you can choose,” Trump wrote March 5 on Instagram. The posts, each linked to matters concerning the Jewish community, come amid a wave of norm ...