Kabbalah offers one language: sparks scattered not only within individuals, but across cultures. Each tradition carries ...

Kabbalah intertwines with Greek philosophy, from Neoplatonism to Pythagorean symbols, shaping Jewish mystical thought.

Erev Shavuot, Salonika, 1533. Two young Sephardic rabbinic luminaries – Rav Yosef Karo and Rav Shlomo Alkabetz – got together for Tikkun Leil Shavuot, the all night Torah study custom first mentioned ...

Years ago when interviewing for a rabbinic position in Denver, a longtime member of the synagogue who has since become a very close friend asked me the following question: “Rabbi, when I die, will I ...

A woman prays in a cave containing the tombs of rabbis in Safed, Israel, the capital of Jewish mysticism.Menahem Kahana / AFP In the beginning, there was Madonna. At least that’s how most see the ...

In her designs for S. Ansky’s play The Dybbuk, the artist blends various visual and mythological strands of her European background with those of her adopted home of Mexico. Already a member? Sign in ...

Glazer received his Ph.D. in Hebrew Hermeneutics from the University of Toronto. During his studies he immersed himself in the philosophical work of Emmanuel Levinas and the Talmud under the direction ...