Modern Orthodoxy’s identity crisis is manifested in compartmentalized living. It seems that many in the Modern Orthodox camp live their lives and at other times live their Jewish lives. Often the two ...

The renowned scholar, whose forthcoming book aims to show the world of softer side of Hasidism, opens up on his philosophy, his motivations and his politics. (JTA) — Rabbi Art Green is a scholar of ...

Rabbi Marc Angel has just come out with a unique book entitled “Angel for Shabbat.” It is a semi-autobiographical, Modern Orthodox manifesto and Bill of Rights, using the back-drop of the parshiot and ...

Two months ago, the chair of a board for a national Jewish organization shared that intermarriage keeps him up at night. There was nothing new about his concern. Jewish worry around intermarriage is ...

Two thousand years ago, Jews were divided between competing sects all based on the Jewish scriptures, but with different interpretations. After the Romans destroyed the Jerusalem Temple in 70 C.E., ...

The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and Steinhardt Social Research Institute are located in the Lown Center for Judaica Studies. Get directions to our offices and the Brandeis campus. Maurice ...

Michael Krasny's new book is called Let There Be Laughter. He tells NPR's Scott Simon about this treasury of great Jewish jokes, and why they matter. Michael Krasny joins us now from his studios at ...

A May 2021 Pew Research Center study revealed that younger Jews in the United States were more likely than older generations to migrate to the religion’s extremes; compared to their elders, more ...

(JTA) Rabbi Art Green is a scholar of worldwide renown, the author of dozens of books, one of the world’s leading experts on Hasidic Judaism and perhaps the only person ever to lead two different ...