This article is part of a new series called “On Persuasion.” We asked thought leaders to consider what persuasion means to them. What works in terms of persuading people? Is it moot in 2020? What is ...

Upon his election as Israel’s new Sephardic Chief Rabbi/Rishon L’Zion, Rav Yitzhak Yosef said: “I will not sway to the left or right from the path of the Torah, rather I will do everything in the ...

Editor's note: Look for a sermon or lesson from Houston's diverse faiths every week in Belief. To submit a sermon, email robert.morast@chron.com. The Talmud records a debate between the House of ...

I am feeling so strongly that the world, energetically speaking, is perfect, Shabbat is perfect. Not for any other reason than it is. On Shabbat, all is perfect. The hair * on the head, the leaving ...

Throughout our lives we are faced with the problems of people who have, either through accident of birth or other environmental reasons, been blinded to the beauties and the treasures of our ...

A rabbi, lecturer, ethicist, novelist, playwright, and author, Telushkin demonstrates his unusual versatility in this 15th entry in the Jewish Encounters series. This new book about Hillel, "perhaps ...