Anyone who called the name of the "most high" God was often desperate to be helped by all of his supernatural capacities. Jews and Christians believe that God is the Lord who will come to their ...

It takes creativity to embrace an invisible God. It takes strength to worship a God who exists, who lives, but who does not ...

When did Judaism as we know it today—devoted to one God and the teachings of the Torah—really take root? How did the religious practices of the earliest Israelites differ from Judaism?

The Messiah is believed to be a righteous king who will be sent by God to unite people all over the world regardless of race, culture or religion. Jews believe that when the Messiah comes he will ...

People have always worried about destiny — what could be more human! That’s what God is for: to reassure us that there’s a plan, even if we can’t discern its outlines at this instant. God moves ...

Remembering Pat, a good friend from Omaha, Neb.

“It’s just what we Jews do,” Hershovitz explains. “[I]t keeps me connected to a community I value.” For fictionalists, God is a useful fiction, and Jewish practice has value only in its ...

It seems like no coincidence, then, that we read Esther and Ruth at the beginning and end of this period in the year.

The Torah contains many laws that guide Jews on how to live a life that pleases God. The Torah contains 613 laws. These are known by Jews as the mitzvot. Jews use the Torah as a guide for living.