In 921–922, a major controversy erupted in the Jewish world about the precise details of the Hebrew calendar for the coming ...

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

On the CW show "Supernatural," one of the main characters is the angel Castiel, played by Misha Collins. Showrunner Erik ...

New scholarship reconsiders the apostle who turned a Jewish sect into a world religion—and whose legacy remains contested two ...

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

OT spoke with optometrists and dispensing opticians about what Passover means to them. During Passover, there are two Seder nights where we sit down, have a family meal and read from the Haggadah – ...

Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin Version 1.0.0 Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel’s book, Kabbalah Demystified: A Comprehensive Resource, is brilliant. I enjoyed it immensely. I have been a follower of Maimonides’ ...

Ada Rapoport-Albert was a respected scholar of Jewish history, Hasidism and mysticism and a foundational figure in UCL’s Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Professor Ada Rapoport-Albert (1945 – 2020) first ...

A few weeks ago, we encountered Philo of Alexandria and his underappreciated discourses on Jewish Scriptures and philosophy. We examined his unjustly neglected commentary on the construction of the ...

It is an old and dangerous reflex: When Jews are hated, we search for what we must have done to deserve it. That reflex is at the heart of an open letter Rabbi Arthur Green recently published on ...

Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for US surgeon general, preaches a broad, loosely-defined spirituality that blends ideas such as the “divine feminine,” meditation, and connection with nature.

Learn about Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize-winning author of Night. After his internment at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp and liberation from Buchenwald, Wiesel became a ...